Description (From Amazon):- Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father’s death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York. Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Curious Incident, Hughes’ story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.
Review:- Central character Rat is a fascinating 10 year old. The author has created a typical youngster playful, naughty, but also very feisty. In some respects she seems the one with the most sense the best judge of character leaving her elder brother Bob behind in so many ways.
This novel is written from Bob’s point of view, he admires his sister worries about her, not only her recklessness but also her health particularly her state of mind.
He follows her through a series of adventures that would make your proverbial hair curl, particularily if you are a parent. You find yourself cringing and silently thinking you can’t do that, you can’t go there and you’re mad to trust ” him”.
As the novel unfolds many attributes of both children are revealed, love, loyalty, bravery and at times, sadness.
I would recommend this novel it’s worth reading, but an ending you wouldn’t expect that leaves you wishing the story would continue.
Disclaimer:- I won this book in a competition and wanted to share my views on it.
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