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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

197 pages · 1999

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Mrs. Frisby, a rat, has a son who is ill and must stay in bed. When she finds out that a farmer is about to plow the field where her family has made its home, she seeks out the help of the rats of Nimh, an extremely intelligent breed of lab rats.

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