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 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. 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? A Darkly Funny And Adventurous Tale From Multi-award-winning Author Matt Haig.