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Author:

Hautman, Pete, 1952- author.

Title:

The rat queen / Pete Hautman.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

390 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Family secrets--Juvenile fiction.
Rats--Juvenile fiction.
Guilt--Juvenile fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Fairy tales.

Summary:

"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie's inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the burna, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague of rats threatens her small suburban town and the mystery of her birthright grows, Annie--caught in a cycle of purging her misdeeds--begins to stop growing. It is only when she travels to her family's home country of Litvania to learn more about the burna that Annie uncovers the magnitude of the truth."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1536218588
9781536218589

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1346572997

LCCN:

2021953336

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)