Mrs O’Brien is reading Evie and the Animals by Matt Haig
Evie has a super-talent – she can hear and talk to animals.  When Evie has released the school rabbit and caused a deal of trouble, she promises her father she will ignore her talent – which she does for a whole year. But then animals start to disappear, all sorts of animals, can Evie help to find them and solve their mysterious disappearances?

Chapter 3