Ratty

RattyBy: Suzanne Selfors Illustrator: Lavanya Naidu This heartwarming tale by bestselling author Suzanne Selfors is about the unlikely 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 The One and Only Ivan, A Wolf Called Wander, and Flora & Ulysses. Ratty Barclay wasn't supposed to be born a four foot tall, walking, talking rodent, but thanks to the Barclay family curse,

Perfect for young readers

the disproportionate imprisonment of black men

and Frank has old wounds that threaten to reopen

So Willis decides to try something new

and with each passing year his capacity to feel emotions has grown weaker and weaker until finally there’s barely even a memory left—until only sheer willpower keeps him from turning into the very abomination he hunts

this work of bright imagination promises that

Show her husband she’s still an absolute ride

dragons and monsters

Busby fills the novel with nautical lore and lingo

and truly bizarre moments (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919)

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