Rakkety Tam, by Brian Jacques [YA Fiction]
by Monica, entering 12th grade
Rakkety Tam is a squirrel warrior committed to fighting the army of Gulo the Savage, who eats the creatures he kills. As before, Brian Jacques creates several plot lines which divide and merge incredibly smoothly. The result is a book that is nearly impossible to put down.
Brian Jacques is one writer who knows how to paint with words. Admittedly, it is really strange to imagine a bunch of mice, squirrels, moles, otters, etc., running around talking, going on adventures, and warring against evil. But the reader can easily visualize and come to love the characters that Jacques creates. Everyone is entirely believable and appropriately complex. Every book is wonderful.
