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Title	:	Here Be Monsters! (The Ratbridge Chronicles #1)
Author	:	Alan Snow
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 529 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2006 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Humor. Adventure. Young Adult

Here Be Monsters! (The Ratbridge Chronicles #1)

Alan Snow

Hardcover | Pages: 529 pages

Rating: 3.84 | 1246 Users | 182 Reviews

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Welcome to Ratbridge. But beware—for there is skulduggery afoot. Young Arthur has fallen foul of the appalling outlaw, Snatcher, and is trapped alone in the town with every way home sealed.

Meanwhile Snatcher and his men are working tirelessly in secret on a fiendish and dastardly plan to take over—and destroy—the entire town. With the help of Willbury Nibble, QC; some friendly boxtrolls and cabbageheads; Marjorie the frustrated inventor; and the rats and pirates from the Ratbridge Nautical Laundry, can Arthur thwart Snatcher’s evil plans—and find his way home?

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Original Title:	Here Be Monsters!
ISBN:	0689870477 (ISBN13: 9780689870477)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Ratbridge Chronicles #1
Characters:	Eggs, Fish, Oil Can, Shoe, Fragile, Winnie Portley-Rind, Archibald P. Snatcher, Specs, Arthur, Grandfather, Willbury, Marjorie, Titus the Cabbagehead, Kipper, Tom

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I couldn't finish this. The drawings are great and I think it IS a good book for the right target audience, but it didn't translate to adults for me. It was just a little too schizophrenic for me (it jumps around like crazy, there are tons of characters, and it's all very weird). I couldn't get into it, but I like it conceptually. I would probably encourage my kids to read it.

Meh. It was okay. The book really liked it's weird stuff, and focused on the world building for much longer than it should have before actually getting into the plot. It wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't what I was hoping for. It also didn't help that the POV kept on switching between paragraphs without warning or breaks, especially in the final chapters.

I read this book on (10-yr-old) Alex's recommendation,and it was pretty good. It is a very quirky, unusual book which takes place in an "alternate universe" populated with unusual creatures who live side-by-side (and underground) with people. I can't summarize it any better than Amazon:"Ratbridge is populated by a variety of odd creatures and equally unusual humans. Underlings, including boxtrolls (shy trolls that wear boxes) and cabbageheads (they worship cabbage and wear them tied to their

very much like Ronald Dahl books, but quite confusing since there's a lot at once. the book could be better paced

Not much at all in common with the Laika movie based on this book, but both have their charms.There's a *lot* more story in the book than there is in the movie :)

Despite a slow-ish start, my little one and I ended up really enjoying this book. Up until this, we'd done most just fantasy for our "read aloud nights," so this was a bit of a departure. How do I classify this book? Young Adult semi-Steampunk with an absurdist twist? Yeah, I guess that works as well as anything. The story takes place in the city of Ratbridge. There are human characters, anthropomorphic animal characters, and pure fantastical creatures such as boxtrolls and cabbageheads. Oh, and

I wavered between giving this a 4-star rating - it's just a children's book after all - and a 5-star rating. But I finally decided, why SHOULDN'T I give a kids book five stars? I plowed through it and thoroughly enjoyed the entire thing; I found that it was very entertainingly and well-written, and far exceeded whatever my vague expectations were.To be clear, unlike some of the things I've been reading lately, (looking at you, Walter Moers) this isn't a "kids-book-for-adults". It's just a