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Racso and the Rats of NIMH
Author: Jane Leslie Conly, Leonard Lubin (Illustrator)

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Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780064402453 - ISBN-10: 0064402452
Publication Date: 8/1/1991
Pages: 288
Reading Level: Ages 9-12


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
Racso, a brash and boastful little rodent, is making his way to Thorn Valley, determined to learn how to read and write and become a hero. His bragging and lies get him off to a bad start, but a crisis gives him the opportunity to prove his mettle.
A worthy successor to "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", a Newbery Medal winner by the author's father.

1986 Children's Editors' Choices (BL)
Children's Choices for 1987 (IRA/CBC)
Notable 1986 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
1986 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy 1986 (VOYA)

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Sequel to Mrs Fritz and the Rats of NIMH

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A further adventure with the Rats of NIMH. Rasco, a young city rat, runs away from home and joins the Rats of NIMH colony. These super-intelligent rats who live with even more technology than humans are trying to stop humans building a dam which will destroy their home. They have no time for a brash city rat. However it's Rasco who comes up with the solution.


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