The story follows a young girl called Zoe, whose mother died when she was a baby. Now she lives in a council flat with her Dad and lazy stepmother, Sheila. Zoe has a lot of things to be unhappy about, including the school bully Tina Trotts, her dead hamster Gingernut and the Burger Man Burt.
One day, after her hamster Gingernut's death, she adopts a rat from her bedroom, and sneaks him into the toilets at her school. The rat, whom Zoe has named Armitage, walks onto Zoe's head (in class!) and the history teacher Miss Midge suspends her immediately, what will Zoe do now?....... well before I give the whole story away. I will just leave it there and give it a 5/5!