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Space Station Rat

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My 11 year old son and I enjoyed this story about a boy, and his relationship with a genetically modified, highly intelligent, rat. The boy is staying with his scientist parents on a research space station. The rat is a stow-away who longs for freedom. The boy is bored and lonely. The science fiction elements are credible and believable, not comic book fantasy stuff. The relationships are tender, and the villian, a potentially killer robot named "Nanny" is delightfully evil. Highly recommended.

My 8-year-old son loved this book. I read it to him over a few nights and he was enthralled with the story of a boy whose parents work on a space station and the stowaway Rat. The book is fast-paced and exciting. It has turned on my son to the wonders of science fiction. He wants more, more, more books.

Space Station Rat is about a rat,a boy,the boy's dad,the boy's mom,a captain,and the boy's nanny who is a robot living in a space station.All the people didn't know the rat was living in the space station until one day the rat was spying on the people and the power went out because of the rat.The people were so angry they wanted to kill the rat.Will the rat survive,read this book to find out.

THere are some very good ideas in this book, but they are poorly executed. The writing is pedestrian, the characters are two-dimensional, except for Rat, and the action sequences aren't very clear. Jeff is a very, very whiney child who does nothing but complain in front of his stereotypically preoccupied parents. The worst thing about this book is the repetitive references to the Captain being fat. Kids do not need to be encouraged when it comes to fat jokes, and given the high requirements for physical fitness in space, it is highly doubtful that there would be a fat Captain. The "jokes" add nothing to the plot. There is likely to be a sequel; I am hoping it will be better.