Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls by Lynne Jonell

Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls by Lynne Jonell

In the irresistible sequel to Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Emmy, Joe, and Ratty rescue other children Miss Barmy has preyed upon

Emmy Addison is an ordinary girl -- almost. If you don't count the fact that her parents are rich (very), her best friend is a boy (and a soccer star), and she can talk to rodents (and they talk back), she's very ordinary indeed. But she hasn't been that way for long . . .

It was only a few weeks ago that Emmy and her friends Ratty and Joe got rid of the evil Miss Barmy, the nanny who had nearly ruined Emmy's life -- and the lives of five other girls who went missing. Miss Barmy is now a rat. How much harm can she do?

Lynne Jonell is the author of the widely praised picture books Emmy and the Amazing Shrinking Rat, Emmy and the Home for Difficult Girls, and The Secret of Zoom, as well as the novels Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Emmy and the Home for Distressed Girls, and The Secret of Zoom. Her works have received numerous awards, including Junior Library Guild Choices and a Smithsonian Notable Book. Jonell was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, and grew up in a Minneapolis suburb. She presently teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center and lives in a hilltop mansion in Plymouth, Minnesota, with her husband and two sons.