Posted by Alii on January 5, 2003, at 1:47:12
In reply to Re: Mrs. Frisby, posted by Dinah on January 4, 2003, at 19:06:06
> Oh, and education too. It wasn't until the rats learned to read that they decided to do better than their former rat existence of living off of others. Then they decided to form a rat utopia of hard work and communal living.
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> And then the few rats who decided not to renounce their old way of life were turned into an object lesson of sorts.
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> Were there any sequels? Did rat utopia work out as well as expected? If so, then I suppose our brains aren't as similar to rats as the scientists of NIMH had supposed.Dinah,
There was a sequel book written but not by O'Brien. I'm not sure if there was a sequel movie made. The original animated movie I recall from childhood seemed to do the book justice to my small mind. I would like to rerent that movie after finishing up here and all of our discussions.
The second book is: Rasco and the RATS of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly from 1986. ISBN 0-06-440245-2
Here are the blurbs from the paperback I have:
Racso, a young city rat, has run away from home to join the famous rats of NIMH in their secret community, Thron Valley. Racso wants to escape a dark secret in his past-and he longs to be a hero. But they other rats aren't impressed with his city smarts. They're too busy trying to stop humans from building a dam that will flood the valley. The dam's computer is programmed to destroy their home!
The rats have faced crises before, but it is Racso who comes up with a brilliant idea to sabotage the project. And when the rats put his dangerous plan into action, Racso has a chance to prove himself-and learn what it really means to be a hero."An outstanding success." --The Horn Book
"Tense, funny and poignant." --Publishers Weekly
Not exactly stunning reviews there Dinah but I have it from the library for another week and might be able to tackle its 278 pages.Such a low that even reading again seems foreign.
~Alii
P.S. Dr. Bob I am fully, painfully aware of your double quote system and chose not to use it since I figure the readership of this site is savvy enough to go to Amazon and find the book for themselves if they should so be inclined. As far as not linking specifically so that books aren't purchased through the PB site/Amazon kickback program? That is one of the main reasons I choose not to link with your spiffy new service. But I wanted to get this in here before you jumped in with your polite not meaning to be pushy inquiry of why I didn't use the double quote feature. Thanks.
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