Sewer Rats (Orca Currents) [Paperback]

Sigmund Brouwer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Orca Currents

Underground paintball adventure. (RL2.7) (20070401)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up–In Sewer Rats, Jim and his friends are part of a league of paintballers who play in the town's sewers. When a member of their team sabotages a match, her mates try to confront her. She runs into the tunnels when a rainstorm hits, and they must find her before the water rises. Suspense builds as Jim tries to overcome his fear in the drainpipes. In Chat Room, Linda, a quiet underclassman, strikes up conversations with a mysterious Cyrano in her school's new monitored chat room, only to find that her visions of the real Cyrano are far from the truth. Butcher hammers home warnings about online predators, and the chat dialogue is less than authentic with its complete sentences and absence of lingo. Real chatters will see past the façade, but the topic will generate some interest. With short chapters and written in an easy style, both books will appeal to reluctant readers. Adequate choices for heavily circulating paperback collections.–Delia Carruthers, Sunset Ridge Middle School, West Jordan, UT
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"...an easy booktalk to reluctant readers." (Voya 20060918)<br /><br />"...entertaining and educational...sure to captivate reluctant readers...Highly Recommended" (CM Magazine 20061001)<br /><br />"A good choice for reluctant readers in grades 7-10." (Washington State Revew Group 20060623)<br /><br />"Excellent" (Resource Links )<br /><br />no details (School Library Journal ) --various

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Product Details

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551434881
• ISBN-13: 978-1551434889
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,037,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Whether writing youth or adult fiction, Sigmund Brouwer is a best-selling author of more than 40 fast-paced novels. He loves going to schools to get kids excited about reading, reaching roughly 80,000 students a year through his Rock&Roll Literacy Show.

Sigmund is married to songwriter recording artist Cindy Morgan. The couple and their two young daughters divide their time between Red Deer, Alberta and Nashville, Tennessee.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an exciting book, June 18, 2007

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This review is from: Sewer Rats (Orca Currents) (Paperback)

Reviewed by Dale Screp (age 10) for Reader Views (6/07)

"Sewer Rats" is the name of a secret club that Micky, Jim, and Lisa belong to. Every Saturday they play paintball games in the storm drainage system. Carter wants to join the secret club, but Lisa doesn't want him to join.

Micky and Jim suspect that she is the one causing trouble when Carter is hurt, and they chase her. She runs away into the drainage system. A storm is coming and both know that if they don't get her out, she will drown when the rain water goes into the drain.

This story is full of suspense and there were times I was holding my breath while reading. Jim is afraid and I can relate to him, because I also am afraid of the water in the drain.

"Sewer Rats" is an exciting book and I will read it again. Even if I know the story, it is still a book I will read again.

Book received free of charge