Opie Jones Talks to Animals

Name: Opie Jones Talks to Animals
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Nat Luurtsema
ISBN: 9780755504282

Author: Nat Luurtsema

Narrator: Olivia Forrest

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Farshore

Published: 02/25/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Fantasy Stories, Animal Stories, Superhero Stories

Synopsis

Dr Dolittle meets Kid Normal in a hilarious middle grade superhero series from comedian Nat Luurtsema. Perfect for fans of David Baddiel, and 10-year-old Opie Jones is Very Ordinary. In fact nothing remarkable has ever happened to her, if you don’t count the cat that gives her funny looks from next door (which she doesn’t). So she is naturally very surprised when she is recruited to join The Resistance – a team of superheroes who can read minds, and have a dastardly brainwashing villain to defeat. HOWEVER it turns out Opie can’t read human minds, she can read ANIMAL ones. The other members of the Resistance are very disappointed. And a whole world of animal chat and demands is opening up to her. She’s still a superhero, just one on her hands and knees in the mud, chatting to a pedantic worm. But when the brainwashing villain is out to get Opie and her friends, it might just be that listening to all the creatures great and small is what makes Opie Jones the right person to save the world.

About Nat Luurtsema

Nat won the Chortle Best Newcomer award after just eight months of doing stand-up. She has taken two shows to the Edinburgh Festival, and has written scripts for Channel 4 and Radio 4. She lives in a rented flat in London. Finally.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie-Anne on April 04, 2021

This was such a fun, quick read! I loved all the characters, even the animals we met once had great personalities. Opie Jones is a bit of a loner, she has one friend at school, but everyone else thinks she's shy so they don't talk to her. Speaking of school - for some strange reason, fights keep break......more

Goodreads review by Steph on May 17, 2021

Clever and funny, and worth reading if only for the animal quotes and the quiz at the end! We all love Opie Jones! 👍👍......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on July 14, 2022

Opie Jones Talks to Animals follows a 10-year-old girl, Opie, who finds she is part of a small portion of the population who can mindread but only with animals. It is a fun book with great illustrations and a surprisingly heartfelt cast of characters. I chose this book as I remember a distinct lack......more

Goodreads review by I on April 29, 2021

Nat Luurtsema brings her comedic genius to the middle grade book scene in a laugh-out-read. If, like me, you’ve wondered what animals were thinking and what they would say if they could communicate with humans, then wonder no more as Opie Jones has the amazing - and maybe somewhat useless - ability t......more

Goodreads review by Between The Pages on April 04, 2021

Hi I'm Gemma, 26. Yes I still read children's books. Why not? Reading and books don't have an age limit.. now moving on... I really enjoyed this one. It's beautifully illustrated throughout and the story just sets your imagination on fire. I find children's book have so much more magic and imaginati......more