Jane Leslie Conly
Author of Racso and the Rats of NIMH
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Works by Jane Leslie Conly
Geheimsache Spot. 2 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1948
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Virginia, USA
- Places of residence
- Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Education
- Smith College (B.A.|1971)
Johns Hopkins University (1974)
Woodrow Wilson High School - Occupations
- author
Camp Director
Mortgage Counselor
Community Center Director - Relationships
- O'Brien, Robert C. (father)
Peter (husband)
Eliza (daughter)
Will (son)
Conly, Sally M. (parent) - Organizations
- Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC
- Awards and honors
- Newbery Honor (1994)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List (2012) - Agent
- Henry Holt & Co.
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Rasco and the Rats of NIMH (#2) by Jane Leslie Conly
Timothy Frisby, a field mouse, teams up with the adventurous young rat Racso as together they try to prevent the destruction of a secret community of rats that can read and write.
I vaguely remember the first and last books in this trilogy, but for whatever reason this was the one that I liked the best. I was really into the rat society, complete with rat university, rat anarchoterrorists, rat inventors, teenage rebel rats, etc. It's been a very long time since the last time I read it, though.
Timothy Frisby is off to Thorn Valley for his third year of school with the rats, but this time, Jeremy the crow is unable to fly him there, so he sets off on foot. He meets a stranger, a city rat called Racso, and they journey together; when Timothy is nearly carried away by an owl, Racso cares for him until the rats of Nimh find them both. But upon their safe arrival at Thorn Valley, they learn of a threat to the community: the humans are planning to dam up the river and flood the valley to make a lake. The rats cook up a plan to sabotage the dam, and for once, they might be on the same side as the farmers.
A worthy sequel to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.… (more)
A worthy sequel to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.… (more)
This would be a great book for reluctant readers. I understood it so differently as an adult, and the writing was so strong that I expected more from it that I needed to. That's a compliment, I promise. Poverty in this novel wasn't tragic. Neither was alcoholism. Single parenthood was treated realistically. I remember crying at this book as a kid. As an adult, I just felt sort of moody afterward. I congratulate the author on her success and hope this book continues to do well.
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