| The amazing Maurice is a talking cat, and the educated rodents are a group of talking rodents. Maurice, the rodents, and a kid named Keith are working together to scam the towns of the Discworld (the fictional world of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series). When they get to a town, the rats make everyone think there's a plague of rats, and Keith acts as the Piper, who'll lead the rats out of town for a fee. Keith and the rats have a conscience, however, so Maurice agrees that the next town will be the last.
Unfortunately, strange things are happening in that town, and Maurice, Keith, and the rats may have stumbled on an ongoing scam that could be more than they can handle. Much of the book focuses on the rats, who are trying to come to terms with the fact that they are unlike other rats. In addition to avoiding rat poison, traps, and being stars in the sport of rat killing, they have to figure out how they can arrange things so that they can live peacefully with humans, who have a hard time dealing with talking rodents. Keith, Maurice, and a strange, story-telling girl named Malicia all help the rats work through these problems. Although this book is set in the Disworld, it really doesn't refer much to any characters, places, or events that were introduced in previous books, so a lack of familiarity with the Discworld shouldn't be a problem. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - humorous Animal story Yes Kind of animal: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Main Adversary Identity: - society Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Small town? Yes Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids Misc setting Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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