This fast-paced novel, based on the original screenplay, recounts the Mousekewitzes' adventures in the wild West and includes an 8-page photo insert.

Fievel becomes a hero in 1886 in the West, when a gang of wicked cats lure the Mousekewitzes's into a trap.

Young Fievel Mousekewitz and his friends must figure out a way to stop the attacks of a dreaded band of cats known as The Mott Street Maulers.

Fievel uses a clever trick to rescue his sister and their friends from a big cat, thus proving he is not a fraidy mouse.