Puffin, London, 1991, 1st pr thus.  ISBN 0-14-034419-5.  MMPB, 98 pages plus ads.  Unread remaindered copy, with a touch of edge and cover wear.  ‘Joan is used to being at the centre of things, so it comes as a shock when she doesn’t seem to fit in at her new school.  Even the teacher doesn’t spot her obvious acting talent, and casts her as a mere rat in the form play The Pied Piper.  But Joan Morgan is never down for long.  If they’re going to be left out of the fun, the rats will form a secret club, the Left-Outs, and do a quite different play of their own.  It will, of course, be brilliant, and Joan will be in charge - but even she is unprepared for the way things turn out.’ (from rear wrap)