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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
ISBN-100440416612
ISBN-139780440416616
eBay Product ID (ePID)1934916
Product Key Features
Book TitleI Was ARAT!
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Themes / Manners & Etiquette, Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc., Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family)
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes, Hawkes, Kevin
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorPhilip Pullman
FormatDigest Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight5.2 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
ReviewsFrom the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy comes an outrageously funny middle-grade twist on a familiar fairy tale.
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Synopsis"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., "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.