This was a fun read about a girl, Georgie, who helps out at a dog shelter. One day, whilst walking the dogs, she and her best friend, Ramzy, meet a strange and eccentric old lady who convinces them to help her with a scientific experiment. The experiement is a virtual-reality 3D version of the future! Back in the present, a deadly infectious disease is spreading through the dog community and there are concerns about its threat to humans. Georgie might be the only person able to save the dogs she loves and with them, the world.

This story was very cleverly worked out and as always, I loved the little details included by the author that later in the plot came to be very important. I enjoyed Georgie as a narrator and thought her friendship with Ramzy was very genuine and well-written.

Some things that I did not like about the book were that I found some parts uncomfortable to read as they felt a bit fat phobic. The first description we got of the 'mean girl' character was about her size and weight. Then later, Ramzy's aunt who's main purpose in the story seems to be being strict and telling him off has her large size described as she exits a vehicle. I also I felt that some of the representations were quite stereotypical (Ramzy's aunt and the shopkeeper who is actually named Sanjeev, but is constantly referred to by the narrator as 'Norman Twokids')


Content:
Dead mother before book starts but her death is referenced several times. A difficult relationship with the step-mum. This is resolved well. A main plot theme is the pandemic and its threat and some animals do die.