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241 pp.
| North-South/SeaStar
| September, 2000
|
TradeISBN 1-58717-021-3$$17.95
(3)
4-6
Deptford Mice series.
Any mouse from Skirtings who travels through the Grill into the sewers enters a dangerous world ruled by rats. In several trips in and out to rescue one another and retrieve a lost mousebrass medallion, Audrey, city-mouse Piccadilly, albino Oswald, and "innocent" Twit thwart the plans of the evil rat-god Jupiter. Jarvis's detailed, strongly characterized adventure showcases danger and courage.