Ratburger — David Walliams • 7+

Ratburger — Character Guide

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Character guide for Ratburger.

Main Characters

Zoe

A resilient, imaginative girl who finds real joy in training Gingersnap despite a very difficult home life. Her love for her rat is entirely believable and moving.

Gingersnap

Zoe's pet rat — surprisingly expressive and charming. Walliams makes her sympathetic without being unrealistic.

Burt

The grotesque, comic villain. His rat-burger business is the plot's engine. He is exaggerated in the Dahl tradition — horrible but funny.

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