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Feb 12, 2002 | ISBN 9780440416616 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Mar 29, 2017 | ISBN 9781524765002 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Feb 15, 2022 | 189 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Feb 12, 2002 | ISBN 9780440416616 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Mar 29, 2017 | ISBN 9781524765002 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Feb 15, 2022 | ISBN 9780593559260 | Middle Grade (8-12)
189 Minutes
“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.
PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed and best-selling writers at work today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all… More about Philip Pullman
From the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy comes an outrageously funny middle-grade twist on a familiar fairy tale.
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