Sadie and Ratz (Hardcover) by Sonya Hartnett

from librarybrandy

Why, yes, I've had the attention span of a gnat lately, and a Beginning Reader book is about my speed.Picked this up because I love this author and wanted to see what she did with the younger format. Turns out, what she did is exactly what I should have expected--a realistic story that highlights...

from jjpionke

Hannah has a little brother who has been causing trouble and blaming Hannah's hands, named Sadie and Ratz. Imaginatively, the narrative draws out real fears by young children who have much younger siblings. Words are simple and large with the story coming in three chapters, making this book a goo...

from MaryEttaJ

This was a great book about Hannah a little girl who uses her hands Sadie and Ritz for her reason in being a wild beast. Her baby brother also will have wild beast hands which their names are Colin and Scraps. Sonya Hartnett did a great job writing this story because you must have a wild imaginat...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Ok,, wow.. brilliant, a must read. Actually, a must-read aloud. I was so struck by the first line that I was glad my husband was handy so I could share it with him. He blinked, too. So, I read the next bit to him, to find out if this child is disturbed, or imaginative, or what the heck is going o...

from Sullywriter

This is one of the best written and most sophisticated early readers I have ever read. Hannah is a little girl who projects her anger, frustrations, and inclinations for mischief on Sadie and Ratz, the names she gives to her hands which are "wild beasts." I am awed by Hartnett's remarkable abilit...