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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Puffin Modern Classics)

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This is one of my favorites (if not my favorite). Stories just don't come better than this one, and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH will be around for a long time.

The story is about Mrs. Frisby who is a mouse with four small children. One them gets sick and is unable to move even though their home is about to be plowed. Mrs. Frisby is a typical mother; she will do anything to protect her children. In this case, she appeals to the mysterious rats that live under the rose bush. There, she learns all about these mysterious rats in the most interesting and entertaining flashback in children's literature.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is one of the best books that I have ever read. I read it in a day (when I was eleven) the first time, and I have read it three times since. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH will always have a special place on my extensive bookshelf, and it should definately be read by people for years to come.

One of the great delights of returning, in adulthood, to the literature that enchanted us in childhood is
the discovery of the great themes and subtexts to which we were oblivious then but which are so
obvious now. Mrs. Frisby is a perfect illustration of this phenomenon. When you are young you are
captivated by the animal adventure tale and your easy identification with the lowly mice.
But read it now and you realize the Biblical antecedents of the story, how the rats of NIMH, like Man,
are given the gift of knowledge by their creators and how this awakens in them a sense of morality.
We recall that the rats have determined to go off and live on their own, but it's all too easy to forget,
or never to notice, that the reason for their decision is that they are determined not to live by stealing.
Seeing clearly this additional component, that the rats have become moral creatures, makes their
struggle even more heroic and adds a depth to the story that makes it easy to see why this novel has
endured and struck a chord with readers, young and old, for some thirty years now. It is an altogether
deserving classic.

GRADE : A+

I read this book with my classroom and it was a very awesome book that I loved to read. We weren't aloud to read ahead and it was really hard not to. If you are reading this review you really could read this. This is a book for people who like adventure and suspense. This book deserves 5 stars because it is very interesting and you can't put it down! It has a lot suspense, adventure and is very interesting at all times! I never got bored or tiered of reading this book. If you are a teacher I recommend you read this with your class, I'm positive they will love the book like I do!!! I watched the movie "Secrets Of NIMH" when I was younger, it was a good movie but I don't remember all of it was quite a long time ago. I really enjoyed this book and I recommend this to everyone who is looking for a really good book! This book has got everything to intelligent rats to evil farm boys to toy tinkers! I can't wait to read the second and the third book! If you read this book I hope you will really enjoy it!

I chose this book because one of my friends said that this book is kind of boring in the beginning, but gets more exciting as you go on. I also saw this movie which I thought was pretty good so I told myself that if the movie is good I should try the book. In this book I learned a couple of new words that became very useful to me. When I read this book I understood every part of the book that I felt I was actually standing at the scene watching everything happen.
I recommend this book to anybody who likes adventurous and surprising stories. This story is about a mouse named Mrs. Frisby. Mrs. Frisby's husband died one day, but she never knew how and where he died. Mrs. Frisby has to move to their summer home, but her youngest boy Timothy is very ill. She quickly goes to the doctor Mr. Ages for help. She gets the medicine, but Mr. Ages told her that she should go to the rosebush where the rats lived. On the next day she goes to the rats. First they don't let her in, but when she said that she was Mrs. Frisby they respected her like she was a queen. Slowly she found out that the rats were highly intelligent lab rats that ran away. Mrs. Frisby made a deal with them that if they help move her house she would help them.
My favorite part of the story is when Mrs. Frisby enters the rat's home and see that they had light bulbs, electricity, elevators, and even a library and school. The rats told her that when they were at the lab the scientists inject fluids into them which made them more intelligent and bigger. Only group A of the rat and the mouse group survived. They became so smart that they could read the instructions on the handle bar to open their cages. Slowly they got the tools they needed to get out of the lab through the air vents. Only two mice followed the rats and their names were Mr. Frisby and Mr. Ages.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm is one of the best books I ever read. Everything in this book is so specific. When you look in it you might think it looks hard, but it realy is not. I usualy hate reading chapter books, but this one is great. I realy recomend this book to you. In this book,Mrs.Frisby's son (Timothy) gets sick. Mrs.Frisby has to go to a doctor named Mr.Ages. Mr. Aages gives the medicin to Mrs. Frisby to make Timothy better. But when she gets home she finds out she has to move soon because Mr. Fitzgibbon (the ouner of the house) is going to plow their home. A lot of other exciting stuff happens in this book, but you have to find out yourself.

I first read this book in 5th or 6th grade, and it still ranks as one of my favorite books, even though I am in high school. I believe that Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a book that can be enjoyed by children as well as adults. An adult would certainly get more meaning out of the book as it deals with many issues such as animal testing, and even genetic engineering that younger readers would not understand. The plot seems simple enough at first, a widowed mouse seeks help to save her youngest son who is deathly ill and cannot be exposed to the chilled winter air, but in this quest for help, Mrs. Frisby uncovers many secrets about her late husband's past, and his association with a mysterious group of super-intelligent rats, the Rats of NIMH. The entire book is wonderful and there is never a dull moment. The ending is by far the best part of the book, as it will keep on the edge of your seat for many pages. Enjoy!

I read this book with my dad.The story in this book is about a tiny mouse named Mrs. Frisby that saved her family. One of her children is sick and they have to move realy fast because the tractor is comming to harvest in 5 days. She had a lot of adventures before she meets the rats.
One of Mrs. Frisby's adventures was that she went to visit the owl to get some advice to move her house to a safe place. With the owl's advice and the rats help she could move her house to the safe side of the rock. Mrs. Frisby saved her family.
I give four stars to this book because it didn't tell us how Nicodemus hurt his eye. The book is fun and adventures to read!

Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
By: A seventh grader

I recently read Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Mrs. Frisby has 4 children Martin, Theresa, Cynthia, Timothy. Timothy is sick with pnuemonia and can't get out of bed for a long period of time, 3 weeks. Mrs.Frisby is doing everything she can to get her house moved before Mr.Fitzgibbon goes through the field with his plow. Mrs.Frisby lives in a cinder block with her children. She meets Jeremy. Jeremy is an crow and he is stuck on a string. Mrs.Frisby gets him loose. She goes to Mr. Ages and he gets medicine for Timothy. Then Mr.Ages refers her to the owl. She then visits the owl and he tells her that he can't do much for her .Then she tells him she is Mrs.Frisby ,Mrs. Jonathan Frisby and he said well that changes it all. She will go to the rats might be able to move her house. But first she learns why they are as smart as they are, why they can read. Why the owl told her to go to rats.Then the most scariest thing happened, Mrs.Frisby may get caught doing something that killed her husband.

I would say this book is really good for anybody that enjoys a little personification here and there. It is very scary in some parts but read on and you'll see.

I would give it 5 stars because it is a good book. I wouldn't make any changes to the book. But it could have more to the ending because.........

The End!!

This is a children's book, but adults will enjoy giving it a read now and then. It is not a book about magic, but it has magical and somewhat mystical elements woven into it, seamlessly blending with a believable reality. It is good writing, plain and simple, and while the story is anything but plain and simple, it is easy to follow. The complexity is useful in furthering the story and only adds to the suspense, believability and exciting pace of the tale. Even younger children, say, 8 or 9 year-olds, will stay glued to this book like I did some 15 years ago.

This is an amazing book of rats evolving into a more intelligent race with the help of scientists' studies and a once a day injection. They can read and write. And when a mouse named Mrs. Frisby, when needs help most, it comes from the most unexpected place!!!
Anyone one with some imagination (including some cool adults) can read this book and enjoy!!!!