When mouse widow Mrs. Frisby needs advice on how to move her children safely, she consults the rats who live under the rosebush. Not only do they help her, they tell her of their escape from a laboratory where experimentation had made them literate, and of the brave death of her husband. Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book; "Horn Book" Fanfare Book.
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ISBN–13: 9780689710681
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Date: Mar-1986
Pages: 233
Lexile Level: 0790
Ages: 08 - 12
BISAC Categories: Classics , Fantasy & Magic , Action & Adventure , Fairy Tales & Folklore General , Legends, Myths, Fables Arthurian