I Was a Rat! Or, The Scarlet Slippers
- Author Philip Pullman, illustrated by Peter Bailey
- Narrator Robert Glenister
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Run Time 3 hours and 10 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- £7.99
- £6.99
- £5.99
- £4.99
- £3.99
Listen to a sample
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
I was a Rat! Roger insists, and insists . . . In fact, when Bob the cobbler and his washerwoman wife, Joan, find the young boy abandoned on their doorstep, these are the only words he says. And he does have ratty behaviour, it's true.
Staying with Bob and Joan, however, Roger learns quickly to behave more like a human child. They try to find his parents, but the orphanage, police and hospital all have nothing on their records about a lost boy in the city. What is the truth? As more and more people find out about Roger the mysterious rat-boy he faces more and more danger. But sometimes help comes from the most unexpected of places . . .
© Philip Pullman 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
-
[A] perfectly shaped story . . . a fairy tale, an adventure, a parody and certainly a book that shines
Literacy and Learning -
Fairy tale, satire, slapstick humour and suspenseful melodrama . . . a glorious tale
Guardian -
A comic genius of children’s fiction
The Times
More from the same
Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to get tailored content recommendations, product updates and info on new releases. Your data is your own: we commit to protect your data and respect your privacy.