An Indie Next List Selection
"A hugely inventive adventure."
Eoin Colfer
"Splended stuff."
Eva Ibbotson
A whimsical yet thoughtful tale that brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl and Norton Juster.
The New York Post
* Alternately somber, thrilling, and silly, filled with eccentric human and animal characters with distinctive voices."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Should have broad appeal. Recommend this book to readers who like the"Books of Ember"series by Jeanne DuPrau.
VOYA
Combines a great fondness for animals with an appreciation of the freakish.
Kirkus Reviews
An enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along.
Booklist
"When ninety-nine pigeons smash through the windows of Kester's prison and carry him North to the last of the animals . it's a moment as thrilling as when James flies off in the Giant Peach. Highly recommended"
The Times(UK)"
An Indie Next List Selection "A hugely inventive adventure."
Eoin Colfer
"Splended stuff."
Eva Ibbotson
A whimsical yet thoughtful tale that brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl and Norton Juster.
The New York Post
* Alternately somber, thrilling, and silly, filled with eccentric human and animal characters with distinctive voices."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Should have broad appeal. Recommend this book to readers who like the
Books of Emberseries by Jeanne DuPrau.
VOYA
Combines a great fondness for animals with an appreciation of the freakish.
Kirkus Reviews
An enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along.
Booklist
"When ninety-nine pigeons smash through the windows of Kester's prison and carry him North to the last of the animals . it's a moment as thrilling as when James flies off in the Giant Peach. Highly recommended"
The Times(UK)"
An Indie Next List Selection "A hugely inventive adventure."
--Eoin Colfer
"Splended stuff."
--Eva Ibbotson
"A whimsical yet thoughtful tale that brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl and Norton Juster."
--The New York Post
* "Alternately somber, thrilling, and silly, filled with eccentric human and animal characters with distinctive voices."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Should have broad appeal. Recommend this book to readers who like the
Books of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau."
--VOYA
"Combines a great fondness for animals with an appreciation of the freakish."
--Kirkus Reviews
"An enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along."
--Booklist
"When ninety-nine pigeons smash through the windows of Kester's prison and carry him North to the last of the animals.... it's a moment as thrilling as when James flies off in the Giant Peach. Highly recommended"
--The Times (UK)
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say...