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Rats by Paul Zindel

Surfer

Summary

Plot

the pet rat of Sarah and Michael, was friends with the rats and communicated with them

The horror begins one summer morning with rats emerging from residents' toilets, hot tubs, and in-ground swimming pools. Sarah and Michael discover a neighbor dead in her car, and alert their father that rodents from the landfill are mounting an attack on their neighborhood.

Paul Zindel's novel "Rats" is a gruesome, horrific, grisly story about killer rats. They are larger than normal sized rats, because of a chemical reaction at a landfill containing a buildup of methane gas underground.

Main Characters

Mutant Rats - Antagonist

Sarah, Michael, Surfer, Mack MacAfee, and the mutant rats

Turned against the humans and they begin to venture outside of the dump, invading the neighboring houses through the drains, up into toilets and jacuzzis. They harassed the neighborhood and did violent and often fatal attacks on the people of the town.

MIchael

Sarah - Protagonist

10 yrs old, helped communicate to Surfer who was a connection to the rats, and assisted his sister Sarah in saving the neighborhood

15 yrs old, figures out a way to stop the mutant rats in their tracks and put an end to the bloodbath that engulfs a crowded Manhattan entertainment center

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