A cute, page-turning adventure! Perfect for older grade schoolers and a quick read for middle schoolers, the second book in the Henry Whiskers series follows Henry and his cousin Jeremy on an unforeseen adventure back home. After getting caught out late at night in the castle kitchens, Henry and Jeremy are set free in a park far away from the castle where they live. They must use a mysterious map and their intuition to find their way back. The adventures of Henry and Jeremy are blended in nicely with scenes from the castle dollhouse where the Whiskers family lives, and Mother Mouse's attempts to find out where Henry has gone.

The illustrations were not in a style that I particularly like, but they were cute nonetheless. The chapters are a good mixture of long and short, and for older or higher level readers, the action and adventures sequences can make for a quick read.

I have not read the first book in the series, however I didn't feel like I missed anything. Aside from some mentions of previous adventures, which are briefly explained, this can easily be a stand-alone book.

This is a very fun, interesting, and yet informative little adventure. There is plenty of action to keep any child’s attention, and enough true facts to keep it lively for adults. Yep, I said there are facts in a book about mice on a quest for truth and home. Mostly they are about the setting. I’d never heard of any of the important, to our heroes, locations in and around Windsor, and they were fun to learn about. Then you have the action, those things might really happen to a mouse unfortunate enough to get carried away from his home.
I really liked how she described the setting in several places. She has a good way of describing the setting, but not lingering so long that it gets boring. I could have done without the hints of romance at the end. Oh, it wasn’t overwhelming, but I don’t like it in a book aimed at young children. It’s a bit choppy, but not too bad.
I received this book as a free ARC from NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing.