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Author | : Philip Pullman |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2017-03-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1524765007 |
“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a budding thief? That’s what Billy thinks. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. And it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince the rest of the world. Set against the backdrop of a Royal Wedding—and a playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.
Author | : Joyce Carol Oates |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062899902 |
“A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant. You think your parents love you but is it you they love, or the child who is theirs?” --Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one’s family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently “informs” on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement. Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family—banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church—that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a “rat” into a transformed life.
Author | : Grace Lin |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0316029289 |
A fresh new look for this modern classic by the Newbery-Award winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon In this sequel to Year of the Dog, Pacy has another big year in store for her. The Year of the Dog was a very lucky year: she met her best friend Melody and discovered her true talents. However, the Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and learn to face some of her own flaws. Pacy encounters prejudice, struggles with acceptance, and must find the beauty in change. Based on the author's childhood adventures, Year of the Rat, features the whimsical black and white illustrations and the hilarious and touching anecdotes that helped Year of the Dog earn rave reviews and satisfied readers.
Author | : Liza Morado |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2021-08-25 |
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ISBN | : |
The author reflects on memories of country life in northern Baltimore County during her early years. Her childhood is full of delightful memories. However, it was lonely living in the country and finding friends to share her childhood was challenging until a new family moved into an adjacent farm - opening a lifelong friendship. All was well until 2011. Without any reason or explanation, the author experienced a door angrily slammed in her face, thus ending a 50-year friendship. Incensed at being robbed of her dignity, she decided she was not keeping his secrets anymore and tipped the Justice Department. One thing leads to another and the author soon discovers correlations she never expected to the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history.
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Publisher | : RH/Disney |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2007-05-22 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0736424679 |
Remy, a little rat chef, uses his nose to sniff out fine foods for his culinary creations, in a book featuring ten scents to scratch and sniff.
Author | : Andrzej Zaniewski |
Publisher | : Arcade Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781559702621 |
To be published simultaneously in nine countries, Rat is an allegorical novel--about the laws that govern society, about our mythologies, truths and lies, behaviors and institutions, love and hope--as reflected in the gutters, drains and sewers where our close relative, the rat, lives.
Author | : Bridget Hodder |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2016-08-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374302146 |
The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder is a funny and magical retelling of the Cinderella story from the point of view of one of her footmen, a rat! Before Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters moved into Lancastyr Manor she was known as the beautiful Lady Rose de Lancaster. Then her stepmother forced her to become a kitchen maid and renamed her. At first the rats of the manor figure her for a lack-wit and take pity on her by bringing her food and a special family heirloom. But when Cinderella's stepmother finds a way to prevent her from attending the ball, the rats join forces to help her. The night of the ball is filled with magic and secrets-not least of all who Lady Rose will choose as her Prince Charming. A Margaret Ferguson Book
Author | : Clare Furniss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1481421018 |
Pearl deals with death, life, and family in this haunting, humorous, and poignant debut that School Library Journal calls a “well-written depiction of adolescence and the pervasive, perplexing nature of loss.” The world can tip at any moment…a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose. Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat’s biological father. Mom, though…Mom’s dead but she can’t seem to leave. She keeps visiting Pearl. Smoking, cursing, guiding. Told across the year following her mother’s death, Pearl’s story is full of bittersweet humor and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mother, but also the fact that her sister—The Rat—is a constant reminder of why her mom is no longer around.
Author | : Lynne Jonell |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2008-09-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466824662 |
Emmy was a good girl. At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days. She really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all . . . Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodent-friendly, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture book author Lynne Jonell.
Author | : Lauren Child |
Publisher | : Orchard Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-01-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781408337370 |
A funny, touching picture book from Children's Laureate, and Charlie and Lola creator, Lauren Child. Rat lives in dustbin Number 3, Grubby Alley. At night, when he's tucked up in his crisp packet, Rat looks up at all the cosy windows and wonders what it would be like to belong to somebody. To be an actual pet. To have a home of his own . . . Gently exploring themes of homelessness and poverty, this is the perfect way to talk about this often tricky subject with young children and encourage them to empathise with others. At least 10% of the purchase price of every copy of That Pesky Rat sold will be donated to St Mungo's Broadway, a charity providing help, support and advice to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 'Clever, rewarding and hugely enjoyable' Guardian 'Another little masterpiece from Lauren Child' Mail on Sunday Winner of the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award