To Catch a Cat Thief
by Sean Cummings
Publisher:
Rebelight Publishing
Genre: Middle Grade/mystery/humor
Hundreds of cats are missing!
Fear not-Penelope Ann Pickersgill and her hippie grandma are on the case. While
her friends go to cool camps, twelve-year-old Penelope has to spend the summer
with Grandma Bev, who is convinced that cat-eating aliens are beaming the
town's furry friends aboard their mother ship at night. Lights in the sky point
to UFO's, but Penelope is sure there's a more logical explanation. With a
little help from Sherlock Holmes, she and Grandma Bev set out to find the cats.
Will they be able to solve the mystery before all the cats in Thornhill
disappear?Excerpt:
I WAS A BIT OF A DOUBTER when it came to the whole alien
abduction thing. Any species of extraterrestrial would have travelled tens of
thousands of light years to get here. They would need an advanced form of
transportation for interstellar space travel that was so complex it would
basically melt Earth people’s brains if we tried to understand it. Still, I had
to admit, solving a mystery about missing cats might actually be more
interesting than sitting around my grandmother’s house counting the days until
I could go back home.
“Okay, Granny,” I said. “Let’s just say we are being
watched. Why Thornhill when there is an entire planet of far more interesting
places to visit? And why steal these cats? Why not some other city’s cats?”
“Food,” she said with
a hint of dread in her voice. She pulled the van into the garage and hopped
out. “It’s obvious to me. The aliens are stealing the cats, and they’re eating
them. We’re just the start. I bet they’re planning on hitting other towns too.
Why, Planet Earth has a near unlimited supply of cats to eat when you think
about it. But they won’t get Sally. Over my dead body!”
About the author:
Sean Cummings is a mutli-published author with works ranging
from urban fantasy (Shade Fright, Funeral Pallor) to dark fantasy and
superheroes. (Marshall Conrad) 2012 saw the publication of Sean’s first
young adult novel. Poltergeeks is a rollicking story about teen witch
a race against time to save her mother’s life. The second
book Student Bodies, hit stores in 2013. In 2014, he published The
North, a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller for teens. To Catch a Cat
Thief is Sean's first middle grade novel.
Sean lives in Saskatoon Canada with his wife, two lazy cats
and a spotted dog named Stormageddon. You can learn more about Sean and
his books at www.sean-cummings.ca.
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