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McTavish Goes Wild

Meg Rosoff author Grace Easton illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:3rd May '18

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McTavish Goes Wild cover

A glorious sequel to Good Dog McTavish, this endearing story is brimming with Meg Rosoff’s stylish prose, quirky humour, astute eye for the details of canine-human dynamics, and the oddities of family life.

It's summer and the Peachey family is in crisis – again. Youngest child Betty Peachey is trying to persuade the family to go to the Faraway Campsite of Ma Peachey's idyllic dreams. But most of the Peacheys are still resisting. Pa Peachey is convinced that terrible dangers lurk in the `wild', Ollie only cares about whether there's a `disco', and Ava has her nose deep in philosophy books…But marvellous McTavish, always one step ahead of the Peacheys, quietly works out a way to get the family enjoying their holiday, together.

"Sheer cleverness and good humour … Fans will be panting for more" – Kirkus Reviews

"In McTavish [Meg Rosoff has] created an endearing character … it’s a story children will love to read on their own as well as with an adult" – The Letterpress Project

"Wonderfully observed and with lovely quirky illustrations" – The Book Activist

"The canine-human relationship is beautifully observed" – Library Girl and Book Boy, Blog

"A laugh-out-loud story with larger-than-life characters – including the captivating canine – all packaged with sly wit and sparkling prose" – South China Morning Post

ISBN: 9781781127612

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 8mm

Weight: 120g

128 pages