I Was a Rat!
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“ 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.
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PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which has been named one of the top 100 books of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. Pullman was knighted for his services to literature in the 2019 New Years Honours.
Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including The Three Mouths of Little Tom Drum by Nancy Willard; Weslandia and Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman; and Handel, Who Knew What He Liked and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World by M. T. Anderson. Kevin Hawkes lives in southern Maine.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780756910709
- Publication Date
- February 1, 2002
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
- Page Count
- 164
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 720L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.6
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