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The Year of the Rat

By: Clare Furniss
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
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Publisher's summary

The world can tip at any moment... a fact that 15-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat's biological father. Told across the year following her mother's death, Pearl's story is full of bittersweet humor and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mother, but also the fact that her sister - The Rat - is a constant reminder of why her mom is no longer around.

©2014 Clare Furniss (P)2014 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

"...strong new voice in Young Adult Fiction." ( The Guardian (UK))
"Crisply told...there's a lot of heartbreak in Clare Furniss's book, but the story is lightened by humorous touches." ( The Telegraph (UK))
"Beautifully written with a dry sense of humor." ( Stylist Magazine (UK))

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