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To Be A Cat

Matt Haig

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Published by Bodley Head Childrens, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK

Format: Hardback

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EAN: 9780370332062
Published: 2 Feb 2012

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Synopsis

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.

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What the critics say

To Be a Cat will certainly appeal to readers of his earlier book, Shadow Forest, which won the Smarties Gold Award, and the book will be publicised by way of a national tour by the author
- The Bookseller

I loved To Be A Cat. It's very funny and surprising and somehow the basic concept, which is certainly an unusual one, works brilliantly . . . And I absolutely love child protagonists who READ!
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Paul Gallico wrote a plangent novel along similar lines in Jeannie, but here instead is the black comedy that made Matt Haig's Shadow Forest so irresistable
- The Times

Magic and grim realism meet in this sharply comic tale of wish fulfilment and the inherent untrustowrthiness of felines . . . there are definite echoes of Roald Dahl throughout
- Teach Primary

A great read, exciting with many unexpected twists and turns . . . It is a clever, funny and scary story and will appeal to Roald Dahl fans ready for a more sophisticated read
- The School Librarian

About the Author

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.

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