Fiona Faith Ross

Flat Squirrel Fiona Faith Ross

Talking Animals Whacky stunts Cross the road or die trying

Wind in the Willows meets Over The Hedge


A cautionary tale of meanies and team players, junk food and donuts and finding your real friends, for kids, adults and grown-ups who never grew up.

A funny action and adventure animal book for our times.


Somewhere in New England, when loggers cut down the beech trees of Squirrel Wood, our brave flying squirrel Duggan goes on a quest to find nuts. Winter's coming and those stores won't fill themselves. Dodging big trucks to cross the highway, he meets a bunch of animals arguing over food in their hut. Disabled groundhog Lilian, beavers Mr and Mrs Kennedy and Scurvy the magpie, give Duggan a frosty welcome, but things take a turn for the worse when hillbilly gophers arrive.

Duggan wants to get home, but everyone's gotta eat and egged on by the impulsive gophers, Duggan gets led down a sweet and dangerous path to donuts, that ends at the meanest junk-food junkie of all, Gross Daisy. Will she send him packing? Will he get back to his tribe before all his friends starve?


WHAT THEY SAID


"Wonderful story!!!" McCollonough Ceili ?????


"A delightful tale that will make you wishing for more." John Baker ?????


"Utterly charming." Val ?????


"Fast-paced and packed with clear and comical imagery." Sue de Nym ?????


"Brilliant, engaging, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant." Dan Thompson ????

"The writing is lovely, with good scene setting and a very clear story. The characters are all likeable and understandable, and younger readers won't have any problem following the story. There is plenty of humour and lots of strength, as the animals pull together to help each other through adventures and scrapes."


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Flat Squirrel will appeal to older children, tweens & teens & young adults who like funny talking animal stories, and also to grown-ups who never grew up.