SuitabookLoyalty across divided communities
Dogboy must decide where his allegiances lie while humans and rats are at war; his ability to understand animals connects the two sides.
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Terence Blacker - Author
A tense animal-and-human adventure built around survival, divided loyalties and the relationship between Eften and Dogboy. Its central conflict places compassion and allegiance under pressure.
"This is a story of courage, of sacrifice, and of survival. This is the story of a rat and a boy whose fates become inextricably linked as their two worlds collide. Eften, a bold young ratling, dares to journey above the underground rat kingdom, where he discovers Dr. Ross-Gibbon's plan to exterminate the rat population. Dogboy, assistant to Dr. Ross-Gibbon, is an abandoned thirteen-year-old with a gift for understanding animals. As war wages between the human world and the rat kingdom. Doyboy must decide where his allegiances truly lie."
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA tense animal-and-human adventure built around survival, divided loyalties and the relationship between Eften and Dogboy. Its central conflict places compassion and allegiance under pressure.
Dogboy must decide where his allegiances lie while humans and rats are at war; his ability to understand animals connects the two sides.
Eften discovers a plan threatening the rat population, while the story is explicitly framed around courage, sacrifice and survival.
The planned extermination and the war between humans and rats suggest potentially upsetting danger and harm. Dogboy’s abandonment may also merit attention.
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