King of rabbitsKai lives in a mixed race family on a rural council estate in Somerset where he and his three older sisters have three different dads, and his mum is being led into crack addiction by his petty thief father. He idolises his dad, adores his friend Saffie and the school rabbit Flopsy, and is full of ambition to be the fastest runner in Middledown Primary. He and Saffie build a secret world of friendship in the school garden. But Kai's natural optimism,

These are both uniquely Gallic (walking back from the bakery with a bag of croissants) and universal (reading on the beach)

and the huge variety in their ages

The brand new bestselling Dog Man book from Dav Pilkey - you'll howlwith laughter

and a cunning creature threatens to destroy their livelihood

Born in the storm that doomed his father

and the hide-and-seek flaps encourage curiosity and interactivity

where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small

landscape and ownership histories of the Duke of Beaufort's Welsh Troy estate

It was one of the coldest and harshest winters for 300 years

what is gained and what has stayed the same

each minute brings with it a new memory: growing up with her father and his wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town

Unravelling these mysteries is challenging enough