Barney is a bit of a drop-out. He travels around doing odd jobs but has no real home. His dog thinks his name is "You" because when Barney calls him he simply says "hey, You". In this story, You thinks that the grass may be greener elsewhere and so he goes to live with Gladys. For ages 6-8.

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Pan Macmillan .

Alison Prince is a much-loved and critically-acclaimed writer. She was the winner of the Guardian Fiction Award in 1994, and winner of the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year 2002 for her novel Orange and Murder.