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Ages 12 Up |
The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. The streetwise
alley
cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and
out
of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town
of
Bad Blintz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger
that
awaits. For this is the town where food is scarce and rats are hated,
where
cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks
beneath the hunger-stricken streets....
Set in Terry Pratchett's widely popular Disc-world, this masterfully
crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the
world's
most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head,
no one will ever look at the Pied Piper---or rats-the same way again!
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Ages 9-12 |
In A Rat's Tale, Montague Mad-Rat
saved the day for Lhe wharf rats of
New York City and won the affection
of the lovely Isabel Moberly-Rat,
she-rat of his dreams. All ratdom
hailed Montague as a hero-except for
the rat whose story is at the center of
this captivating sequel. A rodent of
impeccable breeding and exquisite
personal hygiene, Randal Reese-Rat
is mad with jealousy, believing
Montague has stolen his former
bride-to-be. His jealousy is no secret
on his wharf, and when an
unthinkable crime is perpetrated
against Izzy and Monty on their
wedding night, Randal is the prime
suspect. Now on the lam, with a price
on his head and thugs on his tall,
Randal involves underground animal
friends of his in a perfect and horrible
revenge on the whole rat colony. But
his plans are hopelessly complicated
when a new rat enters his life, an
exotic she-rat who shares his
unusual interest in non-rat
species-and who also happens to be
the cousin of his nemesis.
—Farrar, Strauss and Giroux READ MORE OR ORDER HERE |