Leaper, a kangaroo rat who can communicate with humans, enlists the aid of a boy named Julian to help defeat a "monster" that has been terrorizing the desert where she lives.
- ISBN10 0590433997
- ISBN13 9780590433990
- Publish Date 1 May 1992 (first published 1 October 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scholastic
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 112
- Language English