Don't tell mum I made a mammoth - Kita Mitchell

Longlisted for the Little Rebels Award 2023

Young Percy's parents are environmental activists, and
Percy is super OVER IT. He would rather stay home and play Xbox,
rather than going to demonstrations every weekend. Meanwhile, his
father wants to glue himself to a plastic bag factory, and his mum
has invented a machine that messes with DNA and just might bring
extinct species back to life.

And when the neighbour next door suddenly turns into a talking
rat, Percy is roped into a hilarious, madcap adventure
in which everyone seems to want to get their hands on the species
machine - and Percy comes to appreciate what his parents are
fighting for.