About The Book
Summer is a cat living happily with ten-year-old girl Sami and her family in Syria. Then the war comes.
Sami and her parents are forced to make the heart-wrenching decision to flee as refugees, leaving Summer behind.
On her journey through nine lives in a dozen countries, Summer discovers her purpose – to find Sami again.
The quest leads Summer all over the world, meeting diverse people from a vast array of cultures and backgrounds, through exciting adventures and heart-break, desperate struggle and survival. But she never ever gives up hoping and searching.
Will Summer ever find Sami, and be reunited with her family in her furever home once again?
The Nine Lives of Summer is a heart-warming tale ideal for both children and adult cat lovers of all ages.
It is the purr-fect book for fans of A Street Cat Named Bob, and the author’s own A Cat Called Dog, as well as stories about refugees such as The Boy at the Back of the Class.
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My Thoughts
Summer is a beautiful calico cat living with her owner 10-year-old Sami and her family in Syria. Things are going at a well-established pace until the war breaks out in Syria. The family must flee leaving Summer behind. Sami and Summer are determined to meet up again at some point.
Summer goes through nine cat lives as she is in different countries in her multiple lives. The author does a wonderful job of adding the correct cultural foods, languages, and descriptions of each area. From the frozen tundra to the hottest jungle, the fish wharf and more. Summer’s life is a struggle for survival in this emotional story. As a lover of cat stories, I enjoyed this one very much especially reading about the many lives the cat lived. It reeled me in, and I read it in an afternoon. Prepare yourself to be emotionally invested in the adventures and survival of Summer and her friends. Recommended!
Pub Date 01 Mar 2023
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
The Author
Jem Vanston is a former college teacher who now runs his own editing and proofreading agency as a solopreneur.
He has been a freelance journalist, with pieces published in magazines such as Your Cat and The Cat, TNT/Southern Cross, The Prague Post, The Guardian and other publications. He is also an occasional film producer.
An award-winning author, he has published ten books, from satirical novels, short stories and poetry, to children’s books and cat stories, as both Jem Vanston and PJ Vanston. He’s a screenwriter, radio drama writer and published songwriter too.
Born and brought up near London in Kent, he now lives in Swansea with his two rescue cats, Honey and Bumble, who do their best to distract him from writing – or getting anything else productive done – whenever and however they can.
Author website: http://www.vanston.co.uk Twitter: @9LivesofSummer
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