None of the animals had ever seen anything quite like Stanley before. He looked like People, who lived in England before the water came, only his body was small and covered with fur. And he had ideas- brilliant ones- about where they came from and how they could change their lives. But Stanley didn't know what kind of animal he was. "It's no fun," he said, "being one of a kind." So, when Stanley discovered a boat, the QV 66, and set out for London looking for relatives, his five best friends went with him.
Author
Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra’s Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London. She was married to Jack Lively, who died in 1998.
