355F: Looking for old children’s chapter book about a squirrel (Solved!)

When I was a child, this would have been sometime between 1990-1995, I borrowed a fiction chapter book twice from my local library that I cannot remember the title of. At the time, the book was old, but I was a kid so it may not have been THAT old. I think it may have been written sometime around the 1950s-70s. It was a story about a boy who takes care of a squirrel. I think that there was a red squirrel on the cover, and the title of the book may have been the name of the squirrel but I’m not certain. I think the book had a bittersweet ending with the squirrel going back to live in the wild. I’ve not been able to find it on a google search so perhaps you can help!

10 thoughts on “355F: Looking for old children’s chapter book about a squirrel (Solved!)

    1. Melissa

      The squirrel in the book I am thinking of was not anthropomorphized. This was either realistic fiction or based on a true story of a child (I think it was a boy somewhere around 12 or so) who cared for a squirrel. It wasn’t geared toward very young children. Thank you for the suggestion though 🙂

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    1. JC

      That’s the same book that I thought of. I loved the story of Rascal though it did have a bittersweet ending.

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  1. Melissa

    I am commenting in case it gives this thread a bump. Unfortunately I haven’t remembered any additional details but I’m really hopeful that someone can help me find this book title. A hardcover novel that may have been based on true events, about a child who raises a baby squirrel and I believe eventually releases into the wild.

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