小说讲述小鼠弗明的故事,他1960年生于波士顿贫民区一家小书店的地下室。母亲酗酒且没有责任心,同胞强壮毫无手足情谊,弱小的弗明很少能抢到食物,只好靠啃书本充饥。一天,他竟奇迹般地像人一样阅读了!书籍向他展示了一个广阔的世界——不为饥饿所累,不为 The novel tells the story of Mouse Fermin, who was born in 1960 in the basement of a small bookstore in Boston’s slums. Mother alcoholism and no sense of responsibility, compatriots strong hand-footed friendship, the weak little Fleming grabbed food, had to rely on eating books to feed their hunger. One day he miraculously read like a man! The books showed him a vast world - not starved of hunger, not