{"product_id":"rat-rule-79-an-adventure-9781632061027","title":"Rat Rule 79: An Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rivka Galchen delivers joy and cleverness reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Tollbooth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, and Hayao Miyazaki movies\" (NPR, Best Books of 2019) in \u003ci\u003eRat Rule 79\u003c\/i\u003e, a brain-twisting adventure story about friendship, growing up, and peanut-butter-pickle sandwiches.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred and her math-teacher mom are always on the move, and Fred is getting sick of it. She's about to have yet another birthday in a new place without friends. On the eve of turning thirteen, Fred sees something strange in the living room: her mother, dressed for a party, standing in front of an enormous paper lantern--which she steps into and disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred follows her and finds herself in the Land of Impossibility--a loopily illogical place where time has been outlawed by a mad Rat Queen, along with birthday parties and, most cruelly, peanut butter. Fred meets Downer, a downcast white elephant, and Gogo, a pugnacious mongoose mother of seventeen, who help her in her quest to find her mom. Together they must brave dungeons, Insult Fish, a Know-It-Owl, Fearsome Ferlings, and ultimately the Rat Queen herself--and solve an ageless riddle to escape certain doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGorgeously illustrated and reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Tollbooth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, Rivka Galchen's \u003ci\u003eRat Rule 79 \u003c\/i\u003eis an instant classic for curious readers of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalchen, Rivka:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e is an award winning fiction writer and journalist who loves noodles and numbers and modest-sized towns where her dad might have worked. Her work appears often in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of three books: \u003ci\u003eAtmospheric Disturbances\u003c\/i\u003e (Novel, FSG, 2008), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Innovations\u003c\/i\u003e (Short Stories, FSG 2014) and \u003ci\u003eLittle Labors\u003c\/i\u003e (Essays, New Directions, 2016). She has received numerous prizes and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Fellowship, The Berlin Prize and The William J Saroyan International Prize in Fiction. In 2010, she was named to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's list of 20 Writers Under 40. Galchen also holds an MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. \u003ci\u003eRat Rule 79\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book for young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegalos, Elena:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElena Megalos\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in the City of Angels. When she was twelve-going-on-thirteen she dreamed of writing the cookie fortunes for her beloved neighborhood Chinese restaurant, The Unicorn. That, or illustrating a book for children. This is her first one. See more work at elenamegalos.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yonder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718728585490,"sku":"9781632061027","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a1512c4-1dc7-43d8-87d0-0497e6dbe396.jpg?v=1754897417","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rat-rule-79-an-adventure-9781632061027","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}