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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH — Robert C. O'Brien
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

a novel by Robert C. O’Brien
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Level 6 · Expert ReadersUS Grade 7Lexile 790LAR (ATOS) 5.1 · Newbery Medal 1972 · Rats of NIMH Book 1
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Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🧬 Animal Cognition & Laboratory Research
How animal intelligence is studied, what a maze experiment actually measures, and the real institute standing behind the initials.
SUPPORTING
🌾 Rodent & Farm Natural History
Field mice, owls, and cats as real predators and prey — and the plowing year that sets the deadline hanging over the whole novel.
SUPPORTING
💡 Technology, Literacy & Self-Sufficiency
The rats’ stolen electricity, the library they built for themselves, and the Plan to stop living off others.
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PT1
Part 1 · Chapters 1–4
Timothy Falls Ill • A Visit to Mr. Ages • Jeremy the Crow and Dragon the Cat • Moving Day and the Plow
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PT2
Part 2 · Chapters 5–8
An Impossible Choice • A Favor Repaid • The Flight to the Owl • Sent to the Rats
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PT3
Part 3 · Chapters 9–12
Into the Rosebush • Brutus at the Gate • A Library Underground • Meeting Justin and Nicodemus
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PT4
Part 4 · Chapters 13–16
The Story of NIMH Begins • Caught in the City • Life in the Cages • Injections and the Maze
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PT5
Part 5 · Chapters 17–19
Learning to Read • Escape Through the Air Ducts • The Idea of Thorn Valley
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PT6
Part 6 · Chapters 20–22
The Boniface Estate • Stolen Light and Borrowed Comfort • The Plan Takes Shape
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PT7
Part 7 · Chapters 23–25
A Powder for Dragon • Trapped in the Birdcage • What She Overhears About NIMH
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PT8
Part 8 · Chapters 26–28 + Epilogue
The Warning to the Rats • Moving the Cinder Block • Leaving the Rosebush • Epilogue: Thorn Valley
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