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  I Was a Rat!: Or, the Scarlet slippers (Paperback) By (author) Philip Pullman, Illustrated by P. Bailey

  

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  Short Description for I Was a Rat!When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly couple adopt him. It seems strange but Bob reads about odder things every day in his newspaper. To them, the sunny little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard to adapt to human life.
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  • Publisher: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
  • Published: 04 November 2004
  • Format: Paperback 179 pages
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  • Categories: Fiction | General
  • ISBN 13: 9780440866398 ISBN 10: 0440866391
  • Sales rank: 50,708

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Full description for I Was a Rat!

• I WAS A RAT!' So insists Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he NOW? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A money-spinning fairground freak? He is to Mr Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a downy card? That's what Billy hopes. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is. And luckily a story about her can sell even more newspapers than one about a rat-boy ...