THE SCHOOL FOR TALKING PETS

Kelli Anne Hawkins (illustrated by Beth Harvey) RRP $16.99

Pets? Tick. Talking pets? Double tick. Silly spies, secret plots and one shy kid who might just save the day? Tick, tick, tick. Anything’s possible at the School for Talking Pets. When Rusty Mulligan and his pet blue-tongued lizard win a week on a secret island, at Miss Alice Einstein’s School for Talking Pets, the shy twelve-year-old is thrilled. His best friend will learn to talk. But once on the island, things don’t go to plan. And Rusty must work with the other competition winners, a terrifyingly tattooed gardener, and a multitude of clever animals to save the school from the clutches of the two secret agents who have come to shut it down – by any means necessary. “A delightful tale that is reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Mysterious Benedict Society ... Animal lovers aged 8-12 will enjoy this fun-filled romp” - Annie Waters, Books + Publishing.