| Record Number |
871376 |
| ISBN |
9781925227949 (paperback) |
| Author |
Jankuloska, Maggie author |
| Title |
The rat-catcher's apprentice / Maggie Jankuloska. |
| Publisher/Date |
©2022 |
| Adelaide, SA : MidnightSun Publishing, 2022. |
| Pagination etc. |
191 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
Premier's Reading Challenge: 7-9 |
| Summary Note |
It's 1665. Rats have infested homes and alleys in Marie Perrin's provincial French town. Twelve-year-old Marie is set to become a maid, although she hungers for adventure. However, one mistake alters her fate and as punishment she is forced to apprentice for an intimidating rat-catcher. Away from her parents and twin brother, and handling gnarly rat traps under Gustave Renard's unusual mentorship, Marie must overcome a new set of challenges which come after a plague enters her town. Are rats responsible for the spread of the illness? Can Marie find a way out of the bubbling danger around her? This story depicts non-traditional families, belonging and female bravery in an atmospheric historical setting. An intrepid heroine, a perilous time in plague-ridden France, a society cleaved by class division. This book is full of heart and hope with a young girl who dares to dream of a life unrestrained by her gender. |
| Target audience note |
8-11 years old. |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Household employees -- France -- Juvenile fiction |
| Plague -- France -- Juvenile fiction |
| Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction |
| Rats -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Historical fiction |
| Social problem fiction |
| Shelf Location |
JF JANK |
