Click above to watch a Ken Burns–style documentary video describing Sign of the Rat.
Sign of the Rat
By Indigo Jones
Sign of the Rat is an action thriller, featuring a teenage archaeologist. His nickname is “Trouble.” Go with Trouble on his dangerous travels. His journey begins in a curio shop in Manhattan and takes him to Paris. His final destination is a secret laboratory hidden in the jungles of Vietnam. On this risky expedition, it isn’t easy to know who’s on his side. A rich junkyard king, the daughter of a jewel thief and a movie addict bring help and harm. Some of them are enemies, waiting for Trouble to solve the puzzle.
Trouble’s adventures began in the bestselling novel Everest is Hollow. Like that previous book, Sign of the Rat is targeted at Young Adult readers (ages 11 to 15). However, fans as young as 9 years old enjoyed Everest is Hollow, as did senior citizens. So parents may find Sign of the Rat a book they can share with their children. The novel is also designed to be a success with reluctant readers, who express joy when “something happens” in every scene.
The Trouble adventure series is part of Silicon Valley Novel’s “kids saving kids by reading” project. Proceeds are donated to Doctors Without Borders, winners of the Nobel Prize. Each book sold buys medicine to save a child’s life.
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Illustrations will appear in color on the iPad, PC and Mac –
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