Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by O'Brien, Robert C. (1986)

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a children’s adventure by Robert C. O’Brien. This edition is dated 1986.

Key details

• Author: Robert C. O’Brien
• Children’s adventure
• Edition dated 1986
• Also published under the author’s private name, Robert Conly
• Robert Conly worked as senior assistant editor at National Geographic Magazine for over twenty years

Synopsis

Mrs Frisby is a widowed mouse with four young children and must move her family before a farmer destroys their home. With her youngest son, Timothy, ill with pneumonia and unable to travel, time becomes critical.

Assistance arrives from an unusual group: the rats of NIMH, described as a secretive and highly intelligent breed. They devise a solution to Mrs Frisby’s problem, and she provides them with an important service in return, while gradually learning more about their extraordinary past and the danger they face.