Rakkety Tam: A Tale from Redwall

by Brian Jacques

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

Firebird (2006), Edition: Illustrated, 372 pages

Description

Two warrior squirrels lead the battle against Gulo, a bloodthirsty wolverine who will stop at nothing to recover the Walking Stone that will give him the authority to rule the lands of ice beyond the Great Sea.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Ron_Gilbert

Ah've been robbed 'o mah sleep since taken tae reading Jacques tales of Redwall, at the request of mah daughters and their wee little brother, who--although he is just learning to read--loves tae listen to the taped editions.
This particular book made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye, wot?
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becomes easily attached to the characters who are so well described and given human qualities, which are fine in the good-beasts and terrible in the vermin. I find hints of myself and people I have known in the characters--good and bad.
Perhaps the world would be a sight better if animals could talk, and a good scoff in the Abbey with all the Redwallers would suit me fine; however, as Melanda says at the end: we can join them anytime in our imaginations.

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LibraryThing member MrsLee

This is my first Redwall novel. My daughter had loved the series when she was young, but I never got around to reading one. Now I have and I enjoyed it very much. Normally the dialects would have made me nuts, but these didn't bother and I found the characters very believable, in a fantasy sort of

way. The adventure moved along at a fine pace, only the songs slowing it down, but those were easy to skim or skip. They were perfectly fine songs, my mood was wrong for them though. I can see how a reader could get caught up in this world, but I think that for myself, one book was enough.

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LibraryThing member Calwise

I just like doing the Scottish accent when I read this and other Redwall books to my family.

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