by Tor Seidler · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9781534426849
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«Oh, Rats!» is Tor Seidler's middle-grade adventure novel, published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books in hardback (320 pages, in English).
Phoenix is an adventurous squirrel from New Jersey who is kidnapped by a hawk and dropped in Manhattan, where he loses his glossy fur and looks like a common rat. Lucy and Beckett, two dock rats, take him into their community, which lives in abandoned Hudson piers. When they discover the piers are slated for demolition, Phoenix gets involved in a risky plan to stop the humans and save his new friends' home.
Novel illustrated by Gabriel Evans, published in 2019. The publisher's recommended reading age is 8 to 12 years.
For young readers aged 8 to 12 who enjoy animal stories, urban adventures, and life in New York.
Tor Seidler is an American author of children's literature. Many of his books feature anthropomorphic animals. Mean Margaret was nominated for a National Book Award, The Wainscott Weasel was named a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association, and A Rat's Tale was named Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. In 1998, A Rat's Tale was adapted into a puppet film by Augsburger Puppenkiste and distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios planned to adapt The Wainscott Weasel into a movie, which started development in 2003. However, Fox shelved the concept in 2006.
