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03505aam a2200457 i 4500 001 F0A7BDD09F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 130418s2013 nz c 000 f eng 020 $a 1775533247 020 $a 9781775533245 035 $a (OCoLC)945230439 040 $a NZ1 $b eng $e rda $c NZ1 $d NZ1 $d NZALP $d NZCAP $d OCLCF $d UV1 $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d NZNAP $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a nznb 082 04 $a NZ823.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Norcliffe, James, $d 1946- $e author. 245 10 $a Felix and the red rats : $b a fantasy novel / $c James Norcliffe. 264 1 $a Auckland : $b Longacre, $c 2013. 300 $a 247 pages ; $c 20 cm 520 $a "When David's uncle comes to visit he sets off a bizarre series of events. Things become complicated when the pet rats turn bright red. David senses that somehow the red rats are connected to the story he is reading, and he becomes more convinced when the colour red becomes contagious. The parallel story sees Felix and his friend Bella inadvertently shifted into a strange land where they must solve a riddle. But this puts them into great danger. How will they escape and find their way home?"--Publisher information. 521 $a Primary, intermediate. 500 $a Novel for children. 505 0 $a Paperback -In this junior fiction novel, fantasy elements combined with realism. The 'present day' characters are grounded in contemporary life until they step into a parallel universe. When David's uncle comes to visit he sets off a bizarre series of events. Things become complicated when the pet rats turn bright red. David senses that somehow the red rats are connected to the story he is reading, and he becomes more convinced when the colour red becomes contagious. The parallel story sees Felix and his friend Bella inadvertently shifted into a strange land where they must solve a riddle. But this puts them into great danger. How will they escape and find their way home? Young readers will want to solve the confusing conundrum of the red rats; they'll delight in the word riddles; be absorbed by David's story as well as the fantastical adventures of Felix and Bella. 505 0 $a Novel for children.-"When David's uncle comes to visit he sets off a bizarre series of events. Things become complicated when the pet rats turn bright red. David senses that somehow the red rats are connected to the story he is reading, and he becomes more convinced when the colour red becomes contagious. The parallel story sees Felix and his friend Bella inadvertently shifted into a strange land where they must solve a riddle. But this puts them into great danger. How will they escape and find their way home?" -- Publisher information. 655 4 $a Children's stories, New Zealand. $5 Nz 650 0 $a Riddles $v Juvenile fiction. 650 1 $a Riddles $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Adventure and adventurers $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Magic $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Fantasy. 650 7 $a Riddles. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01097588 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726607 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Juvenile works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411637 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 655 0 $a New Zealand fiction $v Juvenile literature. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $t Felix and the red rats $z 9781775533252 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317031026.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F0A7BDD09F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search