The review of part of the Early Reviewers program. Millhouse is a guinea pig who lives in a pet shop. His passion is the theatre, particularly Shakespeare. The book says that it is geared to the middle years. While the book is well written, I found it very dark and not appropriate for younger children, even for a read aloud. The other animals are constantly bullying Millhouse and there is some questionable language for children. Although the story ends in a more positive tone, I would not recommend this book. The story is too dark for younger children and would not hold the interest for older children. ( )

A somewhat simple story about the adventures and misadventures of a theatrical hairless guinea pig. He loves and misses the theater and acting from his past and would love to once again be a part of the experience. But What lengths will Millhouse and his new friends go to make it a reality? What danger and excitement? Find in this exciting book for upper elementary grades.

Millhouse is not your typical guinea pig. His owner passed away and now he is in a pet shop full of other guinea pigs and pets who do not understand his love for the theater. To make matters worse, Millhouse does not look like your typical guinea pig either, he is hairless. All the other pets at the shop make fun of Millhouse, especially when he acts out his favorite theater scenes. As Millhouse finds a few who love his theatrics, he also gets himself into sticky situations.

This book is begging to be read out loud! I love they way the author writes the dialogue and gives each pet in the shop an unique, almost human-like personality. It reminds me of THE WILD ROBOT by Peter Brown and how fun that was to read aloud to my fifth-grade class. If you are looking to read aloud a book to your own child or to an elementary class, this must be put on your read aloud list! ( )

I'm not sure how to start this review. There were some parts of the book that I really enjoyed. There were some parts of the book that felt like filler without particular purpose. I'm trying not to over think a nice book but it didn't quite pull me in. It just kind of felt like several different pet shop episodes that were loosely tied together. ( )

This seems to be a well written and very cute book about a little 'unwanted' guinea pig. It will draw the attention of kids who love animals as well as possibly aid in teaching that different doesn't mean bad - a hairless guinea pig can be just as fun and lovable as one with hair, no need to shun him just because he's different. This may carry over into the kids lives and help them in accepting others who are different as well.

my 11 yr old's review:
Millhouse is a very interesting book about a hairless guinea pig who lives in a pet shop. He loves the theater and is an aspiring actor. I'd like to see more stories about Millhouse, it seems that that could be possible.

I think kids who like stories about animals (especially from the perspective of animals) would like this story. ( )