Eric Banks lives with his parents and three year-old sister, Emily. Mum works part-time in a shop, and Dad is a postman. Eric shares a paper-round with his best friend, Roy Ackerman. At ten minutes past nine on a Wednesday evening in June, Eric feels an itch under the collar of his pyjama jacket. His hands and feet begin to tingle, and his nose feels unusually cold and wet. Are his ears feeling a little flappy? He opens his eyes and sees fur and paws. Eric has become a Norfolk terrier. Unfortunately, when he wanders downstairs, his father shoos him out of the house and yard. Eric spends the night outside. In the morning, he sneaks back into his house. As soon as, he settles on his bed, he changes back into his boy form. Thus begins Eric’s transformation adventure. It’s a bit unnerving because he never knows when or where he’ll change into a dog next. Feeling that someone needs to know, Eric tells Roy. Together, they try to figure out why this is happening and what Eric can do to make it stop.
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FROM THE BOOK:
'There was once a boy who turned into a dog. The boy's name was Eric Banks; he was ten years old. The dog he turned into was a Norfolk terrier.'

This extraordinary event takes place one perfectly ordinary summer's evening just after Eric has gone to bed. When his parents discover him, they assume, of course, that some strange dog has got into the house, and put him out: 'Shoo!'

What becomes of Eric -- the adventures he has with his best friend, Roy Ackerman, and their joint efforts to puzzle out the reason for his transformation -- makes a very funny and entirely believable book. For readers of 8 upwards.