Rats by Paul Zindel
"Thick brown bodies, some as large as a foot, slithered like fish beneath the surface of a muddy pond..." Sarah McGraw lives with her father and younger brother on the edge of town, beside a huge garbage dump. Her father helps manage the dump, but it's a job that's growing out of control. As the piles of refuse grow, the rats that frequent the dump are also growing - and mutating. Turning against humans, they begin to venture outside of the dump, invading the neighbouring houses through the drains, up into toilets and jacuzzis, harassing the neighbourhood and massing for violent and often fatal attacks on the inhabitants. When one of the dump workers is eaten alive by rats, Sarah's dad is called in to work urgently to try and control the crisis - leaving Sarah and her little brother alone - and at the mercy of the rats...
Zindel is a master at creating and sustaining a mood, and Raptor is no exception* SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL *
Paul Zindel was born on Staten Island, New York, where he spent ten years working as a chemistry teacher before becoming a writer. His first book, The Pigman, was published in 1969 to massive acclaim. He has since written over a dozen more novels and established himself as one of the strongest writers in his field. In 1971 he won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and, more recently, published an autobiographical account of his formative years, The Pigman and Me. Paul Zindel has two grown-up children, David and Lizabeth, and lives in Montague, New Jersey..
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340740156 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340740159 |
| Title | Rats |
| Author | Paul Zindel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Children's Group |
| Year published | 1999-10-21 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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