The Red-Hot Rattoons

Elizabeth Winthrop

ISBN 10: 0805072292 / ISBN 13: 9780805072297

Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2003

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What do you when your world is turned upside down? If you're five young rats with music in your soul and dancing in your blood, you head for the Hollow, and the chance to dance at the Boom Boom Room. But not even wise old Uncle Switchtail can prepare Benny, Fletcher, Ella, Woody, and Monk for the dangers they'll face on the way to their dream. The kids have talent, grit and determination. Will that be enough to survive unexpected treachery, and a trip to the world of the humans? The Red-Hot Rattoons is filled with laughs, hair-breadth escapes, and enchanting characters. Even better, it vibrates with the key ingredients of all great backstage stories: heart, hope, and the unique joy that comes from chasing a dream with every ounce of strength and courage you possess.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Red-Hot Rattoons
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805072292
• ISBN 13: 9780805072297
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Lewin, Betsy
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A rollicking adventure about five tap-dancing country rats who come to the Big City to seek fame, with drawings by Betsy Lewin

Armed with a boom box, a stage wardrobe, and a tube of city maps, five tap-dancing country rats, who call themselves the Rattoons, set off to seek their fame in Rat Hollow-the rat community that pulses with a life all its own beneath the streets of New York City.

But when Rat Hollow turns its back on them, the Rattoons break the law and take their act aboveground to dance for humans in front of the Metropolitan Museum, only to find that danger assails them from every direction. So the Rattoons turn to Oliver String Bean Bailey, the legendary human impresario who knows rat speak. Will he help them achieve their dancing dream?

A rollicking fun-filled adventure, The Red-Hot Rattoons tells the story of a band of lovable characters whose loyalty to one another proves more important than fame and glory.

About the Author

Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of more than fifty books for readers of all ages, including The Castle in the Attic, which sold over two million copies, and its sequel The Battle for the Castle. Her picture books include Dumpy La Rue, also illustrated by Betsy Lewin, and Halloween Hats, with pictures by Sue Truesdell. The Red-Hot Rattoons is Ms. Winthrop's first middle-grade fantasy novel since The Battle for the Castle.

Betsy Lewin was the recipient of the 2001 Caldecott Honor for her art in Doreen Cronin's Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.