Racso and the Rats of NIMH

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.

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.

An effective story that stays true to the original, Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH. Skip Conly's other book, R.T., Margaret, & the Rats of NIMH, though.

Racso and the Rats of NIMH is a continuation/companion novel to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Overall I think it maintains the same general feel of the original book (it helps that the author is Robert C. O'Brien's daughter), and it works well as a continuation. The total amount of time that has passed between the first and this one is a bit tricky to determine, but I don't know that it really matters all that much.

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.

This book was ok, not as great as Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. I read this with my nine year old after finishing Mrs. Frisby and even though I thought it wasn’t as good he liked it as well.

Timothy, Mrs. Frisby’s son is on his way to school with the Rats of NIMH, that is he is traveling to the school the Rats have. On his way he encounters Racso, a brash young rat, rather small who is also trying to find the Rats. How he knows about the Rats is (SPOILER).

The two of them travel together and get into trouble, at the school his only friend is Timothy due to his attitude. With time and help from Timothy of some of the older rats, he learns and applies himself to help the Rats avert the (SPOILER).

Once again this book has the expected happy ending, some sadness and scary situations, but not too scary. Good for schoolage children.