Flat Squirrel

by Fiona Faith Ross

In a land similar to New England, humans cut down the flying squirrels' beech tree and threaten their nut supply. Duggan worries they'll starve. Great Furry Gopher, we must find more food. He knows there are more beeches over the highway and he crosses it, but almost gets flattened by a motorbike.

New friends in the forest help him out, when they're not fighting over a carrot or potato from their vegetable patch. Charlie gopher wants to raid the green bin, yummy leftovers from the new diner and gas station. It's food heaven for the gopher kids, but the grown-ups forbid it. They think human food is bad. Mother gopher, Violet, worries her kids will get caught, but Charlie says it won't happen. "We skedaddle faster 'n a grizzly with a skunk after it."

All Duggan wants to do is to get home. He builds devices to cross the highway but it's harder than he thought. The animals raid the commercial bakery, which churns out an endless feast of cakes. The flour, fat, sugar combo changes everything. These doughnuts are so tasty! Gopher twins Luca and Milo power up the metal pathway and Milo falls in the dough hopper.

Can Duggan get them out of there? The animals have put on a bit, not good for gliders or for flash-mob food raiders. They annoy Gross Daisy, the meanest-ever junk-food junkie. She won't have any threat to her cake supply and she'll pancake the little varmints if she catches them.

177 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2018

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Full time copywriter, fiction and screenwriter. I live amongst the witches, spirits and ghouls of the UK's south coast.

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Reviews

[Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok. Fast foods aren't healthy. Got it. I guess it might make a fun read for 3rd or 4th grade kids. I got drawn into the story easily enough. I love squirrels and thought this might be a good one for the kiddos in my family who also enjoy squirrels. Flying squirrels are even better! Then the fast food shows up and eveyone is getting out of shape. *sigh* shouldn't feed wildlife junk. Or maybe it's meant for humans and we shouldn't eat junk. Oh, well. it's an alright story, not just one I'd grab for the kids. Sorry. I'd be willing to bet a bunch of kids, and their care givers will delight in it.
I received a Kindle ARC in exchange for a fair review from Netgalley.

[Carmen Radtke · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, I adore squirrels. I also love books that cross over from children’s entertainment to books I can still enjoy as an adult, and Fiona Faith Ross’s easy writing style allows just that. A fun read!

[Roy Davis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was excited to get this after reading all the rave reviews; but the promise of a wonderful story soon faded. I read the whole book; though, it was a struggle to finish it. The storyline starts out with great potential but at Chapter 3, it starts to become mundane. Timeline of events and passage of time is confusing. It goes on and on with excruciating detail of bakery equipment and shelving, interior of buildings and vehicles to ad nauseum.

It was disappointing to have the "how" humans and animals can talk to and understand each other explained in a very convenient and amateurish way. Also, these animals get into unbelievable life-and-death situations to just have a human or other animal species, in the nick-of-time, save them -- again contrived.

I Had a lot of "Why didn't someone do this to help the protagonist?" or "There's no way in his condition he could be doing what he's doing.”

The word "shuck" is misused. Something is shucked off, not shucked on.

But majority people give it 5 stars and raves, which I don't understand.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story with lots of action. I especially liked the gopher whack-a-mole scene.