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Arnold, Tedd

Rat Life

200 pp. | Dial/Sleuth | April, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3020-5 $16.99
(4) YA Fourteen-year-old Todd writes evocative, often grossly funny pieces for his creative writing assignments. He befriends sullen, idiosyncratic Vietnam veteran Rat, then begins to suspect Rat was involved in an unsolved murder. After a slow start, the mystery heats up (through the resolution comes too quickly). Todd's narration is most successful when observing small-town life and reporting on the vividly etched characters.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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