<p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>A Boy Called Christmas</i>, <i>The Girl Who Saved Christmas, Father Christmas and Me </i>and <i>The Truth Pixie</i>.</b><br><b><br>*''A clawed masterpiece'' - <i>Guardian</i>*</b><br><br>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 to make 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.<br><br>Barney just wants to escape. To find another life. To be a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - wouldn''t they?<br><br><b>A darkly funny and adventurous tale from multi-award-winning author Matt Haig.</b></p>