Evie and the Animals

by Matt Haig, Emily Gravett (Illustrator)

Overview

WHEN EVIE TALKS TO ANIMALS . . . THEY TALK BACK.

Eleven-year-old Evie has a talent: a supertalent. She can HEAR what animals are thinking.

She promises to keep it top secret, but then an evil pet-thief strikes.

Every animal in town is in danger and only by DARING TO BE HERSELF can Evie save her furry and feathered friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786894304
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	06/06/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

About the Author

As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. He has sold more than a million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages. Most recently, The Truth Pixie was a Sunday Times children's bestseller. And his novel A Boy Called Christmas is currently being made into a major film from the makers of Paddington.

Emily Gravett is an award-winning writer and illustrator. She won her first CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal with the picture book Wolves and received the award for a second time with Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. Emily lives in Brighton with her family and their two dogs.

Matt Haig writes both fiction and non-fiction. This includes the novels The Humans, How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library, which has been a number one Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A major film of his novel The Radleys is released in 2024. He has also written a number of children’s books including A Boy Called Christmas, which became a major feature film, and most recently the non-fiction book for adults, The Comfort Book.

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Editorial Reviews

An adventure for nature lovers.

Sunday Express (London)

There are many environmental messages in this touching tale, which reinforces the importance of being true to yourself.

Daily Mail (UK)

A captivating and sensitive story.

New Statesman

This clever, gloriously entertaining and contemporary take on classics like Dr. Dolittle and Matilda sees Haig on his best storytelling form.

Press Association

Exciting and enticing.

NB Magazine

Charged with warmth and joie de vivre.

Sunday Times (London)

[A] cracking adventure.

The Times (UK)

The characters – both human and animal – sing with life.

Irish Times

Matt Haig’s exhilarating story has its fair share of thrills and spills but also plenty of important points to make about the interconnectedness of the natural world, environmental degradation, and humankind’s mistreatment of animals.

Financial Times

A fine balance of peril and poignancy . . . Haig is a deeply engaging writer. This book will appeal to a wide range of readers.

The Daily Telegraph

Matt Haig’s exhilarating story has its fair share of thrills and spills but also plenty of important points to make about the interconnectedness of the natural world, environmental degradation, and humankind’s mistreatment of animals.

Financial Times