WINNER OF THE SMARTIES PRIZE GOLD AWARD

"There are Seven Skills in the name of Jalal,whispered the Elder Paw.We know only three of them. Their names are these. Slow-time. Moving-circles. Shadow-walking."


Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats. Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all the mysterious Vanishings