Emily Critchley

One evening, Patrick discovers a polar bear - in his parents' freezer! How did Monty - official name, Wilbur Ambrose Cedric Barnaby Montague the Third - get there? He talks like he might have swallowed a dictionary as well as a library, he has read more books than Patrick knew existed... and his stomach is always rumbling. ALWAYS. But how on earth is Patrick going to feed him on pocket money that doesn't stretch much further than a few tins of sardines?

Lou's world is changing, breaking down, chaos is seeping in- a touching , unsettling and darkly hilarious novel told by a cool narrator who observes the world-school, family, love- in a way that makes you want to laugh and cry.