Everything was fine until Drog showed up. Don't ask me why I picked him out of the trash - he just looked like an ugly old puppet. And I wish I had never put him on, `cos no matter how hard I try, I can't get him off.

Eleven-year-old Parker is trying to come to terms with his parents' divorce when he stumbles upon Drog, an ugly hand puppet left in the rubbish. But Drog is no ordinary puppet; he's a sarcastic, obnoxious, talking puppet... who won't let go of Parker's hand!

The trouble is no one else believes Parker. How can he prove that he's not the one doing the talking, and how can he get Drog off his hand?

Bold, crazy and a little bit creepy, Call Me Drog is an unforgettable coming-of-age story, perfect for study in the Key Stage 3 classroom.

This book is part of a book series called Collins Readers .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Sue Cowing was born in Illinois, U. S. A. and spent her idyllic childhood eating apples off trees, devouring fairy-tales and detective stories, and becoming the family story-teller. She taught American and Asian history for many years before giving up teaching to write full-time. Puppet Boy is her debut novel.