All 15 participants to register will recei ve a free copy of the book\, generously purchased by the Friends of the Li brary. You must attend the book club meeting in order to keep the book.
\nAdditional copies are available for checkout at BPL and on the Libby app.
\nBook Summary
\nRatty Barclay wasn't s upposed to be born a four-foot-tall\, walking\, talking rodent\, but thank s to the Barclay family curse\, he's had to live in hiding from the rest o f the world. All he wants for his thirteenth birthday is to return to his family's abandoned estate on Fairweather Island to somehow break the curse . Then he'll finally get to live his life as a four-foot-tall\, walking\, talking human boy.
\nEdweena Gup\, the granddaughter of the Barclays' groundskeeper\, has dedicated her life to being a Rat-Catcher E xtraordinaire like her great-great-great grandmother before her. It doesn' t matter that Fairweather Island has been rat-free for over a hundred year s-she's determined to make sure that everyone is prepared for their immine nt return. And when she spots a human-sized rat lurking on the Barclay est ate grounds\, her worst fears are confirmed.
\nThough it seems like Ratty and Edweena are destined to be enemies\, they have a lot in common-t hey're both lonely and misunderstood.. But will they be able to overcome t heir fears of each other and maybe even become...friends?
\nThis hea
rtwarming story by bestselling author Suzanne Selfors is about the unlikel
y friendship between a boy who is cursed to look like a rat and a girl who
loathes rodents. This instant classic is perfect for fans of \;Th
e One and Only Ivan\, A Wolf Called Wander\, \;and \;Flor
a &\; Ulysses.
Questions? Email Sarah Hanst\
, Children's Library Specialist - shanst@bentonvillear.com
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