{"product_id":"bxosps-the-rat-queen-9781536218589","title":"The Rat Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom National Book Award winner Pete Hautman comes a mysterious modern-day fairy tale about developing a moral compass—and the slippery nature of conscience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Annie’s tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It’s called the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e nuodeema burna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie’s inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eburna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague of rats threatens her small suburban town and the mystery of her birthright grows, Annie—caught in a cycle of purging her misdeeds—begins to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e growing. It is only when she travels to her family’s home country of Litvania to learn more about the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eburna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that Annie uncovers the magnitude of the truth. Gripping and emotionally complex, Pete Hautman’s inventive yarn for middle-grade readers draws on magical realism to explore coming of age and the path to moral responsibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68418812707058,"sku":"9781536218589","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781536218589_a.png?v=1793847451","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosps-the-rat-queen-9781536218589","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}