Book description
Barney Willow thinks life couldn't get any worse. He's weedy, with
sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him - Barney
has no idea why. And headteacher-from-hell Miss Whipmire seems
determined to make every second of Barney's existence a complete
misery! Worst of all, Dad has been missing for almost a year, and
there's no sign of him ever coming home.
Barney just wants to escape. To find another life... Being a cat,
for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - right?
Barney's about to discover just how wrong he is. Because he's about
to wake up as a cat - and not just any cat. Gavin Needle's cat...
A fast, exciting story from the winner of the Gold Smarties Award,
with illustrations from the brilliantly dark and mischievous Pete Williamson.
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield in 1975 and grew up in
Nottinghamshire. He has lived in London and Ibiza. His writing has
appeared in the
Guardian
,
Sunday Times
,
Independent
,
Sydney Morning Herald
and the
Face
. His first novel for children,
Shadow Forest,
won the Gold Smarties Award. Matt has also written several novels for
adults.
