When Morgan arrives, the pair are forced to hide among the skins, which is an incredibly uncomfortable situation for Oswald especially. Oswald recognises one of them as the remains of a mouse named Bib who had disappeared. While exploring Morgan's personal larder, Piccadilly and Oswald stumble across a pile of mouse skins.He is taken in to the portal where he is presumably peeled (that is, skinned) by Jupiter himself. Albert Brown is caught eavesdropping on Jupiter and his lieutenant, Morgan.But if you actually read the books, you'll find that they are full of Family-Unfriendly Violence and characters suffer Cruel and Unusual Deaths. Outwardly, that might seem the obvious audience, as the stories are about cute anthropomorphic rodents. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.The Deptford Mice trilogy by Robin Jarvis is marketed at children. (Sept.)Ĭopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. The author conveys a sense of place powerful enough to elevate the South London boroughs of Greenwich and Blackheath to requisite stops on any bookish child's literary tour of the British capital. Jarvis provides counterpoint to the heart-racing adventure with scenes of haunting beauty, including Audrey's mystical encounter with the Green Mouse and the country mouse Twit's nocturnal flight over London.

Numerous hair-raising encounters with the bloodthirsty rats ensue, until at last the valiant mice come face-to-face with Jupiter in a climactic showdown. Albert's daughter, Audrey, armed with a special 'brass' bequeathed to her by the Green Mouse, ventures into Jupiter's realm to rescue her father her brother and a band of loyal friends eventually follow her. These worlds collide when the mouse Albert Brown is magically lured into the sewers. Jupiter, a villain par excellence, rules over the rats and emanates a nearly palpable aura of evil. Meanwhile, deep in the foul recesses of the sewers, brutish ratsDwhose primary diversion is hunting and eating miceDtoil at endless digging. In an abandoned old house known as the Skirtings in the London borough of Deptford, a colony of gentle mice lead tidy, sheltered lives, follow their ancient traditions and worship the Green Mouse (a kindly god who resembles the agricultural deities of ancient Britain). First published in Britain in 1989 and making its first appearance on American shores, book one of the Deptford Mice Trilogy is a spooky and enthralling animal fantasy just right for Redwall fans.

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