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Events for Rivka Galchen and RAT RULE 79, an Adventure for All Ages

September 12, 2019 in Events

Restless Books is thrilled to be publishing the first book for young readers by Rivka Galchen, author of the novel Atmospheric Disturbances and one of The New Yorker’s “20 Writers under 40.” Her wondrous Rat Rule 79 is an adventure story starring a lonely girl named Fred. On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, after yet another fight with her mom, Fred embarks on a quest through a world of fantastical creatures, strange logic, and a powerful prejudice against growing up. With enchanting illustrations by Elena Megalos, Rat Rule 79 is an instant classic for children and adults alike.

Meet Rivka, learn how to make fortune cookies, try your hand at elephant drawing, and more at these events!

Sep. 14, 2019: Stories Bookshop (Brooklyn, NY)

Sep. 21, 2019: Ready, Set, Adventure! Panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day (Brooklyn, NY)

Sep. 22, 2019: Breaking Out: Women and Girls on Their Own Terms at the Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)

Oct. 12, 2019: The New Yorker Festival (New York, NY)

Oct. 23, 2019: Wild Rumpus Books (Minneapolis, MN)

Oct. 27, 2019: Animal Adventures Panel at the Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)

Oct. 31, 2019: Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn, NY)

Nov. 9, 2019: Portland Book Festival (Portland, OR)

Nov. 2019: KidsRead with The Center for Fiction (Brooklyn, NY) [date TBA]

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Rat Rule 79
Rat Rule 79
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by Rivka Galchen

Illustrations by Elena Megalos

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From the New Yorker “20 Under 40” author of Atmospheric Disturbances comes a brain-twisting adventure story of a girl named Fred on a quest through a world of fantastical creatures, strange logic, and a powerful prejudice against growing up.

Hardcover: 9781632060990 • Sep 24, 2019
Paperback: 9781632061027 • Aug 10, 2021

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The Avid Young Readers Bundle
Sale Price:$35.00 Original Price:$55.97

Rat Rule 79 + The Casket of Time + The Wild Book

Journey through the Land of Impossibility with Rivka Galchen (an NPR Best Book of 2019!), time-travel through an Icelandic eco-dystopia, and venture through a Mexican story in which books literally come alive with these middle-grade novels for avid readers of all ages.

About the Author

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Rivka Galchen is an award-winning fiction writer and journalist who loves noodles and numbers and modest-sized towns where her dad might have worked. Her work appears often in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The London Review of Books and The New York Times. She is the author of three books: Atmospheric Disturbances (Novel, FSG, 2008), American Innovations (Short Stories, FSG 2014) and Little Labors (Essays, New Directions, 2016). She has received numerous prizes and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Fellowship, The Berlin Prize and The William J Saroyan International Prize in Fiction. In 2010, she was named to The New Yorker’s list of 20 Writers Under 40. Galchen also holds an MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Rat Rule 79 is her first book for young readers.

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