Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

The first thing that caught my attention was the great drawing of the rat on every page so as you flip through the pages it looks as though the rat is falling out of the tree.
Emmy's classroom rat speaks and Emmy can hear him. Good thing because no one in her class notices her. As Emmy befriends the rat and discovers a classmate who can also hear the rat they work together to solve their own problems using the magical powers that have been used against Emmy and her parents.
Many unusual and ratty characters in this book make for a very entertaining story and who would have thought that the rodents would be the good guys?
This Maud Hart Lovelace Nominee is written by Minneapolis author Lynne Jonell. Check out her web site.