Alone in his apartment during Christmas vacation, eleven-year-old Eric finds himself caught in a battle between a strange exterminator and the rat he wants to kill.

Rat tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat.

"A tale of exile, unrequited love, and the redemptive power of literature"--P. [4] of cover.

"Engaging images accompany information about pet rats. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

Learn about rats and the amazing ways they help each other. Readers will learn about rats -- where they look like, what they eat, etc. This title pairs simple text with vibrant photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

The tale of the timid mouse who becomes a heroine in spite of herself.

"Around the globe, exceptional mice live in the shadows. Under the direction of famed mouse inventor Gadget Hackwrench, they work together as a team to solve big problems using small gadgets. They are highly trained. They are nearly invisible. And they love cheese".--

Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.

In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

"Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a sudden flutter of wings and a loud screech. A small owl has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris 'make the good and noble choice' (as the king on his prized sardine can might recommend) and rescue the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies? And if he does, will he be ready for the consequences?...Kate...