Time is running out for Mrs Frisby, who must move her family of mice before the farmer destroys their home. But her son is so ill she is convinced he won't survive the move. Help comes in the unexpected form of super-intelligent rats, and little by little Mrs Frisby learns the rats' secret.
Time is running out for Mrs Frisby, who must move her family of mice before the farmer destroys their home. But her son is so ill she is convinced he won't survive the move. Help comes in the unexpected form of super-intelligent rats, and little by little Mrs Frisby learns the rats' secret.
Although it's been thirty years since the publication of his last work, O'Brien's books contain the same ability to catch the imagination as their long-lasting contemporary, the higher profile Wrinkle in Time; a reader who loves A Wrinkle in Time is probably ripe for The Silver Crown. Z for Zachariah might suit a Gary Paulsen fan who is ready for something geared for older readers, or readers of futuristic fiction like Stephanie Tolan's Welcome to the Ark.
