I Was a Rat! Or, The Scarlet Slippers

Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this intriguing and exciting tale of chance and misfortune by multi award-winning Philip Pullman, is perfect for readers young and old.


I was a Rat! Roger insists, and insists . . . In fact, when Bob the cobbler and his washerwoman wife, Joan, find the young boy abandoned on their doorstep, these are the only words he says. And he does have ratty behaviour, it's true.

Staying with Bob and Joan, however, Roger learns quickly to behave more like a human child. They try to find his parents, but the orphanage, police and hospital all have nothing on their records about a lost boy in the city. What is the truth? As more and more people find out about Roger the mysterious rat-boy he faces more and more danger. But sometimes help comes from the most unexpected of places.

这本由屡获殊荣的菲利普·普尔曼所著的关于机遇与不幸的有趣而激动人心的故事，以彼得·贝利的精彩插图为特点，适合老少读者阅读。


我是一只老鼠!罗杰坚持，又坚持……事实上，当鞋匠鲍勃和他的洗衣妇妻子琼发现这个被遗弃在家门口的小男孩时，他只说了这些话。而且他的行为确实很恶劣，这是真的。

然而，和鲍勃和琼在一起，罗杰很快就学会了表现得更像一个人类的孩子。他们试图找到他的父母，但孤儿院、警察和医院都没有任何关于这个城市里失踪男孩的记录。真相是什么?随着越来越多的人发现神秘的鼠男孩罗杰，他面临着越来越多的危险。但有时帮助来自最意想不到的地方。