The Rat Queen

Annie receives a unique gift on her tenth birthday: a pad of paper and the Klimas family secret, the nuodeema burna, which requires her to write down her misdeeds. However, as she feeds her sins to the burna, she starts to lose her sense of guilt, leading to troubling consequences. With a plague of rats endangering her town and mysteries surrounding her birthright, Annie's journey to her family's homeland of Litvania reveals profound truths about morality and personal growth. This magical realism tale delves into the challenges of coming-of-age and moral responsibility.