description: Mrs. Frisby, a rat, has a son who is ill and must stay in bed. When she finds out that a farmer is about to plow the field where her family has made its home, she seeks out the help of the rats of Nimh, an extremely intelligent breed of lab rats.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Senora Frisby y las Ratas de NIMH = Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
titlecomplete: Senora Frisby y las Ratas de NIMH = Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
characters: Nicodemus, Justin., Mrs. Frisby
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 176166
series: Rats of NIMH
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Bluestem Book Award
publisher: Turtleback Books