num_pages: 233
description: Life has been hard for Mrs. Frisby ever since her husband died. When her youngest son becomes dangerously ill and needs to be moved in order to avoid the farmer's plough, she doesn't know what to do. A wise owl advises her to ask the rats for help, but Mrs. Frisby is hesitant--how could a rat help her?Then she learns a surprising truth. Not only did the rats know her husband well, but they also shared a secret with him. They were all once laboratory captives, subject to injections and tests, which made them more cunning than ordinary animals. In fact, the rats have built an underground city, full of secret passageways and great machines! They agree to help Mrs. Frisby--but when the farmer calls for exterminators to take care of his rat problem, the rats may need more help than one little mouse can give in return.
language: English
title: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
titlecomplete: 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: 176173
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: Atheneum Books for Young Readers