Zapped

by Prudence Breitrose

How can a team of free gerbils get a ten-year-old Joe to do what they want? They have to shrink him to gerbil size—and that's only part of the adventure. Joe and young Sophie, the leader of the gerbil team, take turns narrating this fast-paced, funny tale. Winner of the 2023 Best Indie Book Award.

183 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2023

About the author

Grew up in Winnie-The-Pooh country. Studied modern languages at Cambridge University, then went into journalism on magazines (including one for children under six)and newspapers, then into British television as a producer and director.

After moving to California and marrying a Stanford professor, I worked as a writer in health education until I had a dream that confused computer mice with the real thing, and I started work on Mousenet.