{"product_id":"the-rat-queen-9781536218589","title":"The Rat Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award winner Pete Hautman comes a mysterious modern-day fairy tale about developing a moral compass—and the slippery nature of conscience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Annie’s tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It’s called the\u003ci\u003e nuodeema burna\u003c\/i\u003e, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie’s inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the \u003ci\u003eburna\u003c\/i\u003e, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague of rats threatens her small suburban town and the mystery of her birthright grows, Annie—caught in a cycle of purging her misdeeds—begins to \u003ci\u003estop\u003c\/i\u003e growing. It is only when she travels to her family’s home country of Litvania to learn more about the \u003ci\u003eburna\u003c\/i\u003e that Annie uncovers the magnitude of the truth. Gripping and emotionally complex, Pete Hautman’s inventive yarn for middle-grade readers draws on magical realism to explore coming of age and the path to moral responsibility.","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62276494557571,"sku":"9781536218589","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781536218589.jpg?v=1785544467","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-rat-queen-9781536218589","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}