Ratscalibur

Ratscalibur

<b>The <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President </i>reinvents the Excalibur legend—with rats! </b><br><br>When Joey is bitten by an elderly rat, he goes from aspiring seventh-grader to three-inch tall rodent.<br><br>At first, Joey is amazed by his new rat self. The city streets call to him at night. Smells that would have repelled him before are suddenly tantalizing. (A chicken bone? Yes! A squashed cockroach? Like perfume!) And wow, the freedom! But when a bout of hunger leads Joey to pull the spork from the scone, he finds himself at the center of a longtime rat prophecy.<br><br>Joey has unwittingly unlocked the sword Ratscalibur; and now, it is up to him to protect his new rat friends from the evil crows who seek to destroy their peaceful kingdom. But what does an eleven-year-old know about actual swordplay? And what happens when Joey no longer wants to be a rat?