Author: Robert C. O'Brien

Published: 1997

Publisher: Atheneum Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 233

Suitable: Upper Primary / Secondary

One of a series of fiction for schools, this is a fantasy story set in the animal world, but with a wider scope and effect. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.