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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 2017 · Est. 1 hour read
Mutant Rat Attack!
Written by Jay Cooper
Book #1 in the The Spy Next Door series
A giant rat, a secret world, and a boring kid's chance to become a hero. Can Dex rise to the challenge?
3.9/5 Goodreads · 78 ratings
144 pages· 8,276 words· Est. 1 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Dex's mundane life takes a wild turn when a lab rat, fed radioactive broccoli, grows enormous and chaotic. Thrust into a secret world of kid spies, Dex must uncover the intentions of a mysterious man and navigate a world powered by rat gas. As danger looms, can this ordinary boy transform into an extraordinary hero and save the day? The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking. Will Dex embrace his unexpected destiny or remain trapped in his boring routine?
From the publisher
Nothing exciting ever happens to boring Dex at his boring home or at boring school. He oversleeps (again!), he daydreams while his science teacher Mr. McFur babbles on about his lab rat Princess Pretty Fabulous (Pretty for short), he gets harassed by Millicent (the neighborhood meanie): boring, boring, ultra-boring! Then one day, a mystery man convinces Mr. McFur to feed Pretty radioactive gamma broccoli, which turns the rat into a rabid rodent the size of a hippo and launches Dex into an underground world of kid spies and rat gas power. Suddenly Dex’s life doesn’t seem so boring anymore! But who was that mystery man? What does he want? And most importantly, can a boring Dex shed the boring to become the most unlikely hero in spy history?
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 144
- Words
- 8,276
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 680L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.4
- F&P level
- ~P
- AR points
- 1
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 187922
Publication
- Published
- February 28, 2017
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780545932974
- LCCN
- 2016030470
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