The Deptford Mice Almanack by Robin Jarvis

Then they give the silver acorn to Morella and she takes the title of Starwife. When the black squirrels Morella and her father Modequai arrive in Greenwich, they and the grey squirrels plot against Audrey, and finally storm into her chamber and oust her from office.

Seemingly driven mad because of the death of her love, Jenkin Nettle, she solemnly warns that Audrey will not be the Starwife for much longer and will know great loss.Īt the end of the year, the Great Oak (in which the rat god Hobb was imprisoned by Ysabelle in ' The Oaken Throne') falls down because of heavy winds, and many of the grey squirrels in the park begin to whisper that it was Audrey's fault because she is not a squirrel but merely a mouse. While in Fennywolde, Gervase encounters Alison Sedge, the field mouse who was jealous of Audrey in ' The Crystal Prison'. He also travels to Fennywolde and Holeborn to ask William 'Twit' Scuttle and Arthur Brown to tell their stories. Throughout the almanack, Gervase writes of his stay in Greenwich Park during the tenth year of Audrey Scuttle's reign as Starwife. Also, much of the folk lore and elaborate traditions of the mice, bats, squirrels and rats is recorded in the almanack. There are entries for all the days of the year, and every major event in the main novels is given a date. The almanack is presented as though it were written by Gervase Brightkin, a red squirrel. 'The Deptford Mice Almanack' is a book to accompany the ' Deptford Mice' and Histories Trilogies by Robin Jarvis.

The Deptford Mice Almanack by Robin Jarvis