This story is about a young girl named Grace and her friend Melody. It is the Year of the Rat and the year of the rat was a year of changes and new beginnings. One day at school Grace and Melody were on the playground, and Melody told Grace that her and her family were planning on moving to Californa. Grace was shocked that her best friend EVER was going to move to California. Grace went to her cousins birthday party. He was turning 1. When Grace and her family were at the party, all of her relatives said that being an artist is going into the cold door and by that the story means that she is going to have a hard time. If you want to know if Melody, her best friend EVER, is going to move to California or if Grace is going to have to give up her dream job, read this FABULOUS book “The Year of the Rat.” This book is for boys and girls of all ages. I LOVE this book because it is funny and you are not only having fun reading, but you also learn A LOT of things. The vocabulary is not hard at all. I hope you are interested in this book and I hope you read it too.

David