The Last Firefox
By (Author) Lee Newbery
Illustrated by Laura Cataln
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
16th March 2022
3rd March 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality, equity and
823.92
Paperback
304
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
245g
A heartwarming story about family, friendship and finding your inner fire. Between bullies at school and changes at home, Charlie Challinor finds life a bit scary. And when he's made guardian of a furry fox cub called Cadno, things get a whole lot scarier. Because Cadno isn't just any fox- he's a firefox - the only one of his kind - and a sinister hunter from another world is on his trail. Swept up into an unexpected adventure to protect his flammable friend, Charlie's going to need to find the bravery he never thought he had, if he's going to save the last firefox . . .
Magical * Sunday Express *
A comic, adventurous and charming debut for eight-plus, with an engaging cast and a deftly evoked Welsh setting. * Guardian *
Lee Newbery lives with his husband, son and two dogs in a seaside town in West Wales. By day, he helps vulnerable people look for jobs and gain new skills, and by night, he sits down at his laptop to write. Lee enjoys adventuring, drinking ridiculous amounts of tea and giving his dogs a good cuddle - or a cwtch, as they say in Wales.