Myrtle Moss

A young woman's marriage to a celebrated mountaineer and travel writer upsets the inhabitants of a remote Highland community.

When Elly and her family come to look after her aunt's house, she sees at once that Stone Mouse is special; but her brother Ted says he's just a dirty old pebble. But then Ted is angry with everyone and everything and, as Stone Mouse soon discovers, that means trouble...

When Willa first meets old Miss Annie she is afraid of her, but their love of animals brings them close together.