I Was a Rat!, Philip Pullman
I Was a Rat!, Philip Pullman
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I Was a Rat!

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: Robert Glenister

Unabridged: 3 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2022


Synopsis

“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a budding thief? That’s what Billy thinks. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. And it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince the rest of the world.

Set against the backdrop of a Royal Wedding—and a playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.

About The Author

PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.   It has recently been announced that The Book of Dust, the much anticipated new book from Mr. Pullman, also set in the world of His Dark Materials, will be published as a major work in three parts, with the first part to arrive in October 2017.     Philip Pullman is the author of many other much-lauded novels. Other volumes related to His Dark Materials: Lyra’s Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North, and The Collectors. For younger readers: I Was a Rat!; Count Karlstein; Two Crafty Criminals; Spring-Heeled Jack, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet: The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess; The White Mercedes; and The Broken Bridge.   Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit philip-pullman.com and hisdarkmaterials.com. Or follow him on Twitter at @PhilipPullman.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on September 16, 2023

Recently, I have been reading a book called Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman. It is a collection of essays about storytelling. In Daemon Voices, Pullman quotes from I Was A Rat so here I am. Yes, Philip Pullman is a genius. One quiet evening, Bob and Joan are relaxing when they hear a knock at the doo......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on June 09, 2021

This is a wonderful exploration of the dangers of the press and its bias. Pullman integrates sections from The Daily Scrouge into the narrative which is HUGELY biased against Roger (the rat) and helps kids to see how newspapers always have an agenda when they print a story.......more

Goodreads review by Boogi on March 03, 2023

یک راحت خوان سریع و السیر توسط پولمن که مثل خیلی از کتاب‌های این نویسنده خوبِ گمانه‌زن برای رده سنی 9-12 سال هستش البته لایه‌های پنهان درونِ داستان و طنزش، برای سنین بالاتر قابل لمس هستش. در دنیا اگر با بقیه فرق کنی ممکنه بلاهای زیادی سرت بیاد حتی اگر روحت هم خبر نداشته که چرا و این یه واقعیتیه که نم......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne Hsu on June 26, 2008

This is such a great read, and a great read-aloud. Pullman is such a skilled storyteller — just the right combination of dark and light, heart-aches and comfort, advanture and mystery, and of course, a final, satisfying solution. The language just flows and it made me wonder how some people GET the......more


Quotes

From the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy comes an outrageously funny middle-grade twist on a familiar fairy tale.