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A compelling fantasy for readers of all ages, set in a world where animals no longer exist. 12 year old Kester is taken to a place where the last creatures in the land have survived, and together with a wise stag, he embarks on a great journey to save them. 'A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure...it could be the next big thing' Eoin Colfer. Interesting author trivia: Piers is the son of Paul Torday, ("Salmon Fishing In The Yemen").
Synopsis
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...
