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Cover of I Was a Rat! ... or The Scarlet Slippers

I Was a Rat! ... or The Scarlet Slippers

Philip Pullman (1999)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads3.59
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentClass Struggle

Positive tags

Found FamilyHeartwarmingComing of AgeHumor

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistCursed ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Fish out of WaterFound FamilyComing of AgeHidden IdentityFairy Tale Retelling

Themes

IdentityBelongingClass StruggleTransformationPrejudiceFound FamilyHumanity

Synopsis

A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.

Tags

Fairy Tale RetellingContemporary FantasySocial CommentaryMagical Realism