Jane Ayres
Coming Home
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(Slow Gallop Press Dec. 1, 2012)
Two lost cats
A heartbroken girl
A dangerous journey
When teenager Kira adopts two abandoned Norwegian Forest kittens, she quickly forms a deep bond with her special cats, naming them Sky and Max. But the night before Kira and her Mum are due to move to a new home over a hundred miles away, her beloved cats go missing and her frantic searches are to no avail. The move goes ahead - without Sky and Max, who, unknown to Kira, have been accidentally locked in a neighbour's shed. By the time they escape, their old home is empty. How will they find Kira?
Devastated, Kira runs away to search for her cats but by now they are on different paths. On their treacherous journey, Sky and Max depend on each other - and the array of humans they encounter - for their survival.
Finally, a twist of fate brings them closer to Kira than they all realise but when it looks as if they may at last be reunited, a tragic accident pulls their lives apart once more. Who will survive? Will Kira and her brave cats ever find each other again?
About the Author
Jane had her first short story published in a UK pony magazine at the age of fourteen. Since then she has written many books and stories for children and teenagers, and published work has been translated into Norwegian, Swedish, German, Czechoslovakian, Finnish, Danish and Hungarian.
A passionate cat lover, Jane is donating all her author royalties from Coming Home to Cats Protection, registered charity number 203644 (England and Wales) and SC037711 (Scotland). Cats Protection is the UK's leading feline welfare charity and over the past five years they have helped around one million cats.
Cover design by Klaus Hartleben