Pentecost & the Chosen One
W.J. Corbett
Hardcover
(Delacorte Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1987)
After inheriting the leadership of the mice on Lickey Top, a young mouse, beset by doubts and feelings of inadequacy, ignores the problems of the community until a momentous trip to the city teaches him about courage, duty, friendship and his own qualities as a leader.Two mice--each unaware of the other--begin an epic quest to fulfill the same glowing prophecy and encounter both friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way