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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

By: Lynne Jonell
Narrated by: Lynne Jonell
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Emmy was a good girl—too good, perhaps. The rat, whose cage sat on the counter next to Emmy’s desk, was not so good. On the other hand, he was the only one in Emmy’s class who would talk to her. The rest of the kids barely knew she existed. Even her teacher didn’t seem to know she was there! Only her nanny, the lovely-but-sinister Miss Barmy, really pays her much attention. And Emmy would rather she didn’t....

Why does the rat talk to Emmy and no one else? Why do Emmy’s schoolmates hardly notice she exists? And what is Miss Barmy really after? Teasing out the answers to these questions will plunge Emmy into a wild adventure where everything she holds dear—including her parents’ lives!—is at risk.

Endlessly inventive, uproariously funny, and utterly endearing, Lynne Jonell’s sensational debut novel will delight the entire family.

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With help from an excellent cast of actors, Lynne Jonell performs her own story about good girl Emmy and a not-so-good rat. No one seems to notice Emmy - not her parents, her schoolmates, or even her teacher - but one day, she begins to hear the class pet rat speaking to her and discovers a dastardly plot involving super-powered rats, an evil professor, and her own nanny. Jonell's deliberate, spare narration melds seamlessly with the character's voices: Emmy's voice is appropriately childish and perceptive at the same time, and her loneliness is poignantly evoked. Listeners will also enjoy the rats' characterizations, with their voices containing traces of amusing squeaks and squeals.

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I listened to this with my twin 11 year old boys and we loved it. They were put off that it was a book about a girl, but they pretty much forgot their first impressions within a few chapters.

A great and fun read. Creepy and suspenseful!

A Unique and Fun Adventure.

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I listened to this book with my daughters, and we loved it. We agreed that the only part we did not like was how they had different people did different character voices. I understand that some people love this, but we found it a bit unsettling. All in all, this was amazing and I would highly recommend it.

Amazing!

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This book is wonderful!!! I loved it. I listened to it for like 10 times! I love it. It was just kind of slow in some parts.

good book!

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Borrowed review: Ten-year-old Emmy is our heroine, a rich girl living in a huge house with servants and a nanny but no parents, who are always off away on some trip or another. She tries very hard to be a good girl to get her parents to come back, but it goes nowhere. Emmy made the perfect role to lead this adventure. It was written almost as a fairy tale, focusing on the action more than the characters, which in this case I thought was fine. Same goes for the other characters too—except the Rat, who was easily the starring role in the plot, the most developed character, and the best, all in one.

Adventure, magic, evil nannies, a ten-year-old heroine—this story was right up my alley. Such a unique storyline with twists and turns you never see coming! Even though the main character is young, it is by no means limited to her age range; I think all ages can enjoy this story. It felt so original — because who else writes stories about talking rats with magical powers and the girl who helps save them?

A girl finds a friend in a rat.

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