The Christmas Rat

Name: The Christmas Rat
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Avi
ISBN: 9781470354008

Author: Avi

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 2 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Holiday Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

A boy, a rat, and an exterminator—three players in a game of survival. Christmas vacation is supposed to be a blast. Or so Eric thinks. But with all his friends either sick in bed or out of town, Eric's getting more bored by the hour. Then he meets Anje Gabrail, exterminator. Anje's got all the normal stuff an exterminator needs—roach powders and smoke bombs—but he also carries some extra equipment: a crossbow and metal-tipped arrows that can penetrate concrete walls and will annihilate any creature with which they come in contact. Anje's number one target? Rats. To Eric, this guy is creepy but fascinating. So, with nothing better to do, he joins Anje on a mission to destroy the rat living in the basement of his apartment building. But as Christmas Day draws nearer and the temperature outside keeps dropping, things in the basement go from weird to deadly. And Eric learns how valuable life truly is.

About Avi

Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna on December 16, 2021

This book got tedious at times, so three stars. However, I really liked the way the author used the concepts of angels from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He does a nice job of explaining it at the end.......more

Goodreads review by Robin on December 19, 2020

Strange little book.......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on January 01, 2025

So, the beginning of the book got tedious at times, but I still found it a super enjoyable read! Anjela "Anje" Gabrail was a little strange, and let me tell you I was FLABBERGASTED when he shot Eric in the left leg with his crossbow towards the end of the book--even if Eric, on Christmas morning, th......more

Goodreads review by Darlene on November 11, 2022

I hate rats!! Truly and absolutely hate rats! If the reader thinks this is a sweet holiday tale you will be greatly disappointed. An exterminator is to come around a week before Christmas. He has the keys to every apartment in your building. His job is to kill vermin. Eric is eleven and bored during......more

Goodreads review by Monica on December 22, 2017

It was an "just okay book" it was hard to follow and didn't really understand it or the point of whole story.......more