Setting

**Settings**

// ﻿ Highway // ﻿ The Highway is where the reader is introduced to Maurice, a boy, Peaches, Dangerous Beans, Hamnpork, the clan, and how they came to be there. It also introduces Bad Blintz, the town where the clan’s scam ends up fighting for peace within rats and humans. // ﻿ //// Bad Blintz // ﻿ The town where the majority of the story takes place. Here, major conflicts of the plot arise.

// ﻿ Underground // ﻿ Where the majority of the rats’ ‘dwellive’ ways are shown. The reader also begins picking up suspense here. It's also where the ‘climatical face-off’ takes place between Spider, Maurice, and Dangerous Beans. // ﻿ //// Mayor’s House // ﻿ Where Malicia meets Sardines, Maurice tells Malicia of their original plans, and Maurice learns more about the fact that a scam is going on. // ﻿ //// Mayor’s Barn // ﻿ Where Keith and Maurice hide from Malicia’s parents until they can safely breach the ratcatchers’ shed. // ﻿ //// Ratcatchers’ Shed // ﻿ Where the gang discover how the ratcatchers’ scam works and Maurice first, mentally, encounters Spider. // ﻿ //// Rat Pit // ﻿ Where the ratcatchers’ enjoy their sport and Darktan saves Hamnpork from the pit.-Joshua