To Be A Cat

Barney Willow''s 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. To be a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - right?