RATS With Back­packs: Dr. Don­na Kean and Her Work with APOPO, my third book, will be launched in January–February 2025. This bio­graph­i­cal sci­ence book shares the excit­ing train­ing of the Res­cueR­ATs of APOPO to find sur­vivors after a nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, and the girl who grew up to be a sci­en­tist work­ing with them.

APOPO is a glob­al, non-prof­it and NGO (non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tion) which research­es and devel­ops scent detec­tion tech­nol­o­gy with African giant pouched rats, nick­named HeroRATs, and dogs, to help save lives and improve the environment.