Summary
From the winner of the Blue Peter Award, this is a funny, dark and exciting story about what it’s like to wake up as a cat!
From the bestselling author of A Boy Called Christmas, The Girl Who Saved Christmas, Father Christmas and Me and The Truth Pixie.
‘A clawed masterpiece’ - Guardian
Barney Willow’s life couldn’t get any worse. He’s weedy, with sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him. And evil headteacher Miss Whipmire seems determined t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552564342 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552564346 |
| Author: | Matt Haig |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
A clawed masterpiece … A book about being comfortable in your own skin rather than someone else’s fur
A clawed masterpiece … A book about being comfortable in your own skin rather than someone else’s fur – Philip Ardagh * Guardian *
Darkly comic and richly rewarding … Shines with originality * Telegraph *
I loved To Be A Cat … Very funny and surprising – John Boyne
Here is the black comedy that made Matt Haig’s Shadow Forest so irresistible * The Times *
A terrific yarn * Independent on Sunday *
About The Author
Matt Haig
Matt Haig is a British author for children and adults. His memoir Reasons to Stay Alive was a number one bestseller, staying in the British top ten for 46 weeks. His children’s novels have won the Smarties Gold Medal, the Blue Peter Book of the Year, been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times. His books have received praise from Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry, Jeanette Winterson, Joanne Harris, Patrick Ness, Ian Rankin and SJ Watson, among others. The Guardian summed up his writing as ‘funny, clever and quite, quite lovely’ and The New York Times called him ‘a writer of great talent’. He assures us he has never, ever been a cat, despite rumours he was once a rather grumpy ginger moggy named Jeffrey.
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