HeroRat!: Magawa, a Lifesaving Rodent

By Jodie Parachini, Keiron Ward and Jason Dewhirst

2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

STARRED REVIEW! "A fun series that kids will enjoy."—Booklist starred review

Meet a rodent with a life-saving sense of smell.

Magawa is an African giant pouched rat with a special skill: sniffing out buried land mines. Follow this HeroRat from training at a university in Tanzania, to working in the field in Cambodia, to winning a gold medal for her efforts to make land safe for humans and animals once again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9780807503850

Jodie Parachini

Jodie Parachini is an American/British author and editor who currently lives in Hertfordshire, England. Jodie has written fifteen children’s books, including Listening to the Stars, HeroRat!, and Flicker Finds Her Glow. In addition to earning multiple starred reviews for her work, Jodie has been named a finalist in the PBParty competition, the Macmillan Write Now Prize, and the OhZoe Rising Talent Award.

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