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Available
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Publication
Alison Green Books (2011), Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
A very bad rat rides his horse along the highway stealing travelers' food, from a rabbit's clover to a spider's flies, until clever Duck introduces him to her "sister."
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LibraryThing member SJoachim
The Highway Rat robs all of the animals traveling the road of their food. They become thin and he becomes fat, until one day a smart little duck tricks him. The rat then gets a job at the cake shop and the animals can keep their food.
Awards
Buckaroo Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
British Book Award (Shortlist — Children's Book — 2011)
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Original publication date
2011
ISBN
1407124374 / 9781407124377
Local notes
Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Then he finally meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck.