The Christmas Rat

By: Avi

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

It’s the week before Christmas, and Eric is already bored with his vacation. His parents have to work, his friends are out of town, and the city is snowed under. Then he opens his apartment door for an exterminator, and is dragged into the adventure of his life. Anje Gabrail carries a crossbow and lives for his work. When he discovers a rat in the basement of Eric’s apartment building, he asks the boy to help him kill it. At first Eric agrees, after all, he doesn’t have anything better to do. But as the week progresses, Eric finds himself in a fight to save not only the rat but himself as well.

Avi delivers an unusual story full of the magic of Christmas. Narrator Jeff Woodman’s stirring rendition perfectly captures both Eric’s confusion and his growing sense of purpose as he confronts an angel in a most unlikely form.

©2000 Avi (P)2000 Recorded Books

A Great, Fun Christmas Story

Well-written and the audiobook was great. I would definitely recommend this book to YA or even adults.

Fun beginning weird ending

The beginning of the story brought giggles to our family but it kind degraded as the exterminator because creepier and creepier as the story went on. Not really the vibe we were hoping for a Christmas story.

Not Very Edifying or Enjoyable

Coming from a celebrated children's author, I was surprised to hear the content of this title...not very appropriate for children... themes of lying, murder/killing, as well as heavy use of words like "dumb" and "stupid". Not very edifying or enjoyable overall...and leaves much to be desired by way of "Christmas magic".

Ok, not great

The book is ok. Not great values for kids though, talks about murder and lying