Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1561372730 ISBN 13 : 9781561372737

Editeur : Novel Units, Inc., 1900

Synopsis

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

A propos du livre

From AudioFile

Barbara Caruso appeals to the listener's sympathy while telling the award-winning tale of a widowed mouse's attempt to save her family and home from a farmer's plow. Her motherly concern begs compassion as Mrs. Frisby determinedly tries to avoid tragedy. As she seeks help from the rats of NIHM, the mood shifts and Caruso assumes the role of the rat leader, Nicodemus. In wise and stoic speech, the narrator reveals the history and future of this unique civilization while members of the colony devise a plan to help Mrs. Frisby. Young adult listeners will be glued to Caruso's spellbinding performance. M.P.T. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review

There's something very strange about the rats living under the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. Soon she finds herself flying on the back of a crow, slipping sleeping powder into a ferocious cat's dinner dish, and helping 108 brilliant, laboratory-enhanced rats escape to a utopian civilization of their own design, no longer to live "on the edge of somebody else's, like fleas on a dog's back."

This unusual novel, winner of the Newbery Medal (among a host of other accolades) snags the reader on page one and reels in steadily all the way through to the exhilarating conclusion. Robert O'Brien has created a small but complete world in which a mother's concern for her son overpowers her fear of all her natural enemies and allows her to make some extraordinary discoveries along the way. O'Brien's incredible tale, along with Zena Bernstein's appealing ink drawings, ensures that readers will never again look at alley rats and field mice in the same way. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Novel Units, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1900
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1561372730
• ISBN 13: 9781561372737
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible