Montague Mad-Rat is a very friendly rat. The only thing he does all day is collect berries and feathers for his mother in Central Park. Montague and his parents live in the sewers of New York City.

One day Montague saves the life of a wharf rat named Isabel Moberly-Rat. She gives him a kiss. Montague is now very interested in the wharf rats. It turns out that all the wharf rats are going to get poisoned by humans. They need $50,000 to stop the poisoning and Montague Mad-Rat want to help. But what can one rat do to get $50,000, especially a rat who is an outcast?

To find out what happens, you have to read the book.

A Rat’s Tale is about a rat who lives in the sewers of New York City. His life is very boring and he is socially challenged. Even the other rats in the sewer laugh at him. One day he meets and rescues a girl rat from the sewers. She is from another part of the city. When he takes her home, he finds a part of the city her never saw before. He discovers many new and different ways that he can help all of "rat-kind". How does this discovery change him?

I would suggest this book to anyone who likes Stuart Little or animals in general. I would give this book an eight out of ten. I liked the illustrations because they helped to visualize what I was reading.