Ruby never expected to be friends with a Thing. Nor with Jackson either. Jackson describes Thing as a troll crossed with a fairy crossed with a squirrel. Jackson lives on an estate, next door to Ruby’s stone cottage, which used to be surrounded by trees. Ruby and Jackson decide to help homeless Thing survive and discover he can speak human, crow and snail, which has twenty Ruby never expected to be friends with a Thing. Nor with Jackson either. Jackson describes Thing as a troll crossed with a fairy crossed with a squirrel. Jackson lives on an estate, next door to Ruby’s stone cottage, which used to be surrounded by trees. Ruby and Jackson decide to help homeless Thing survive and discover he can speak human, crow and snail, which has twenty-eight words for Eat. But if Thing is annoyed, Thing goes AARRGHH! casting spells which inevitably go wrong. Like the time he filled the loo with cherry tomatoes. An entertainingly wacky read about an endearing Thing, which unexpectedly brings together nature-loving Ruby and noisy, nose-picking Jackson in a secret quest to protect their new friend.