num_pages: 185
description: In 1748 fourteen-year-old Matt, orphaned, crippled, teased by other boys and abused by the man he works for, seeks refuge with a surgeon's family and finds that he is well-equipped to help protect them from pirates on Delaware Bay.
language: English
title: Water Rat
titlecomplete: Water Rat
genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 26
places: Delaware
publisher: Winslow Press