«The Honourable Ratts» by Karen Wallace

The Honourable Ratts are a distinguished family whose ancestorsappeared at a time when witches were commonplace and giants roamed theland. They built their ancestral home, Clawfoot Hall, and they begancollecting the Great Ratt Hoard — that is, any and every item of goldthey could lay their hands on.At the time of this story, the Ratts are diminished in size and statureand now live under the floorboards of Clawfoot Hall. Then one day,everything changes. The ancient enemies of the Ratts have tracked themdown and they are looking for … the Great Ratt Hoard. The future ofthe Ratts is at stake. They must protect their inheritance at all costs.This is an exciting and action-packed story of the unusual, rodent-likefamily and their search for treasure with villains on their trail.