Firmin
By: Sam Savage
Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780385342650
Subjects: Books and reading; Rats; Fiction
Description: Born in a bookstore in a blighted 1960's Boston neighborhood, Firmin the rat miraculously learns how to read by digesting his nest of books. He quickly realizes that a literate rat is a lonely rat. In a series of misadventures, Firmin is ultimately led deep into his own imaginative soul.
Notes: Paperback book with chewed marks on right side.

Winner of the American Library Association Notable Book Award