Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A widowed mouse races to save her sick son and discovers a secret colony of brilliant rats with a hidden past.
First published 2003 · Rats of NIMH
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Story
Mrs. Frisby is a widowed field mouse raising four children when one son becomes seriously ill, just as the family’s home is about to be destroyed by farming. Unable to move him safely, she seeks help from a wise owl and then from a colony of unusual rats living nearby.
As Mrs. Frisby learns more about the rats, she discovers that they were once laboratory captives who were experimented on and became highly intelligent. Their secret history is tied to her own family, and their hidden underground world includes books, machines, electricity, and a carefully built community.
The story follows Mrs. Frisby’s effort to keep her family safe while the rats face outside danger and questions about how they should live. The narrative gradually reveals the connection between the mouse family and the rats’ past, building toward an ending that resolves the immediate crisis while leaving some larger questions open.
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- Authors
- Robert C. O'Brien
- First published
- 2003
- Genres
- Fantasy, Classics, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Animals, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Subjects
- Ficción juvenil · Fiction · Juvenile fiction · Mice · Ratas · Ratones · Rats · Newbery medal book · Spanish language materials · General · Children's 4-8 · Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction · Children's stories, American · Children's stories, Spanish · Translations from English · Translations into Spanish · Spanish: Grades 4-7 · Action & Adventure · 5.9. · Accelerated Reader · Newbery Medal · Animal experimentation · Animal intelligence · Children's fiction · Mice, fiction · Rats, fiction · Children's stories · farmhouse · experimental studies · friendship · Spanish: Grades 3-4 · Adventure and adventurers, fiction · award:Newbery_award · lexile:790 · lexile_range:701-800
- ISBN-13
- 9780689862205
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