I Houdini — Lynne Reid Banks

Houdini is no ordinary hamster He is an escapologist with an exceptional talent for getting out of cages and urge to escape leads him to all kinds of adventures New edition published into the First Modern Classics list fantastic stories for young readers He may look like a small furry pet but really he is a Wild Creature a freedom loving hamster with a life long passion for escape and a yearning for the Great Outside leaving chaos and destruction as he goes He tells his hilarious adventures with great intelligence and no modesty for the world beyond carpets and floorboards can be a terrifying place