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978-0-9760963-1-3
0-9760973-1-5
$11.95 paperback
5.75" x 8.25"
178 pages
Novello Festival Press
THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT
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Suppose
you had an extraordinary gift: You can see flashes of things to come,
mostly ominous. Sometimes you see friends in trouble, but more often you
see people who deserve a dose of bad luck. Would you try to change the
outcome?
Welcome to Jasper's world,
where coincidence and catastrophe are never far apart. But there's only
so much Jasper can do about it—because he's a cat.
Rescued from a shelter where he
witnessed the grim fate of other unwanted animals, this young cat has
already grown up fast. Then, left behind when his human family moves
away, he learns quickly that it's best to stay wary of life and its
uncertainty.
Emboldened by his unexpected
freedom, Jasper successfully fends for himself on the streets. He
outwits vicious neighborhood dogs and jealous fellow felines. But the
truth is that he secretly yearns for a new home. When he's lucky enough
to find one, it's everything he dreamed of and more: a warm bed, good
food, and a family to love him.
But something isn't right. He
can still sense when something dreadful is about to happen: a fire, an
accident, a friend in trouble. Worse, he can't do anything about it—because
now he's been made an indoor pet. He's trapped inside his home among
clueless humans. He tries to close his eyes to his own intuition, but
that only makes it harder to ignore. In his mind, Jasper can see a car
coming, and someone in the wrong place at the wrong time…
In an attempt to do what's
right, should he risk escaping from the home he's worked so hard to
find, knowing he might lose everything?
Jasper the cat is a pragmatic
philosopher. Jasper the book is a stylish, fast-moving adventure, and a
story that readers of all ages will remember and want to share.
about the author
Michelle Groce, a native of Nova Scotia, is a life-long lover of
animal books.
Some of her favorites that influenced her writing are Watership Down,
Black Beauty, and Babe. She lives in Cornelius, North
Carolina, with her husband Doug and two cats, Ripley and Emily.
Jasper is her first novel.
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