Yellowtail is born into a basement cage with advanced intelligence and strange memories of a life he never lived. He doesn't understand why...until he realizes he's an engineered rat, cloned by a twelve-year-old mad genius named Garvish. Yellowtail watches helplessly as Garvish feverishly amps up his experimentations. When Garvish creates something more murderous than he ever imagined, Yellowtail is scrambling just to survive. His only friend is a carpenter ant named Pest. As more twisted cloned rats emerge, Yellowtail doesn't know who to trust: Pest? The bloodthirsty rats that want him to join them? Garvish? Or—perhaps—none of the above.
Will he be able to make it out alive?
ERIN ENTRADA KELLY is a New York Times-bestselling author, two-time Newbery Medalist, National Book Award Finalist, and Newbery Honoree. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has an MFA from Rosemont College and teaches in the Master of Writing for Young Readers Program at the University of San Francisco. She lives in Delaware.
ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times-bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and received the Printz Honor for best young adult book from the American Library Association. He has an M.A. in Animal Studies from NYU, is on the faculty of the University of San Francisco MFA in writing for young readers, and lives with his husband in New York City.