The Sign of the Cat (38 page)

 

Acknowledgments

T
HE AUTHOR WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
following, with a grateful heart:

Drue Heinz, for the Hawthornden Castle Fellowship—a precious month in which to write with no distractions whatsoever, in an atmosphere of “peace and decent ease.”

Kathleen Coskran, for weeks of splendid hospitality at the Malmo Art Colony.

Lisa Bullard, for lending me her very thick cat book and answering questions for three solid hours on all things feline.

Stephen Barbara, agent of agents, who listened to the story at its earliest stage and said, “I like the tiger.”

Laura Amy Schlitz, friend of friends, who sent me her best cat books and all her knowledge of Murphy and Susannah, cats extraordinaire.

Swati Avasthi, Heather Bouwman, Stephanie Watson, and Anne Ursu, who gave critiques that exceeded all prior standards of excellence for any writers' group heretofore known.

Christy Ottaviano, who loved the book, bought the book, edited the book, and patiently shepherded the book as it jumped through the many hoops of publishing.

And Bill, as always.

 

About the Author

Lynne Jonell
is the author of
The Secret of Zoom
and the Emmy and the Rat series:
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
,
Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls
, and
Emmy and the Rats in the Belfry
. Lynne has two sons, loves to sail, and lives with her husband in Plymouth, Minnesota. She does not speak Cat (yet) but has run into her share of evil villains. She teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

CHAPTER 1
   
The Cat Speaker

CHAPTER 2
   
A Strange Sail

CHAPTER 3
   
Up the Drainpipe

CHAPTER 4
   
Not-So-Good News

CHAPTER 5
   
Graveyard Council

CHAPTER 6
   
A Visitor in the Night

CHAPTER 7
   
A Noble Summons

CHAPTER 8
   
Hero of the Nation

CHAPTER 9
   
A Glass of Cherry Punch

CHAPTER 10
   
Dangerous Duty

CHAPTER 11
   
The Bloodstained Jacket

CHAPTER 12
   
Squisher and Grinder

CHAPTER 13
   
The Unknown Enemy

CHAPTER 14
   
Overboard

CHAPTER 15
   
Lost at Sea

CHAPTER 16
   
The Sea Cave

CHAPTER 17
   
The Princess Lydia

CHAPTER 18
   
Traitor Island

CHAPTER 19
   
Building the Raft

CHAPTER 20
   
Shadow Fight

CHAPTER 21
   
Duke's Island

CHAPTER 22
   
Captured!

CHAPTER 23
   
In the Cage

CHAPTER 24
   
The Rusty Lock

CHAPTER 25
   
Army of Cats

CHAPTER 26
   
The Young Duke

CHAPTER 27
   
Cat Justice

CHAPTER 28
   
Kittens' Revenge

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright

 

Copyright © 2015 by Lynne Jonell

Interior illustrations copyright © 2015 by Lynne Jonell

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