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    The Secret Cat
    The Secret Cat
    The Secret Cat
    Ebook85 pages32 minutes

    The Secret Cat

    By Sarah Lean

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    Meet animal lover, Tiger Days! A brand-new young fiction series about animals, friendship and adventure by bestselling author Sarah Lean.

    Beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.

    When nine-year-old Tiger Days stays with her grandmother at Willowgate House she never knows what might happen… new friends to meet, animals to rescue and problems to solve!

    Tiger’s grandmother looks after animals in need, and when Tiger comes to stay she quickly learns how to feed a baby warthog and keep it safe.

    Tiger already has her hands full when a mysterious sound leads her to another little animal…

    At Willowgate House, no day is ever dull for Tiger!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMay 5, 2016
    ISBN9780008165727
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    Sarah Lean

    Sarah Lean lives in England with her husband, son, and dog. She is the author of A Dog Called Homeless and A Hundred Horses. She has worked as a page planner for a newspaper, a stencil maker, a gardener, and a primary school teacher, among various other things.

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      The Secret Cat - Sarah Lean

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      Tiger Days didn’t know anyone who loved tigers as much as she did.

      She wore tiger pyjamas, socks and slippers, and spent a lot of time in her bedroom reading about tigers and drawing tiger pictures. Her parents would often suggest bike rides and trips to the swimming pool on Saturday afternoons, but Tiger would much rather be in her bedroom doing tiger things.

      One Saturday afternoon, her parents appeared at her door.

      You’ll never guess who that was on the phone … said Mum.

      Hmmmm? said Tiger, not really listening.

      Dad rolled his eyes as Tiger’s nose stayed firmly buried in her wildlife book. It was May Days! he said.

      Tiger looked up, surprised. May Days was her grandmother and had been living in Africa on a wildlife reserve since Tiger was a baby. Whenever May Days phoned, Tiger asked when she was coming to visit, but May Days said it was hard to know because the giraffes or rhinos always needed her more. This time, May Days had phoned with wonderful news. She had finally come back to England and bought a place called Willowgate House.

      She wants you to go and stay, said Dad. You can have your first adventure together at the new house.

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      Tiger wrinkled her nose. She was sometimes nervous about doing new things and the idea of a real-life adventure with May Days was a little scary. She had a feeling May Days wasn’t going to be like everyone else’s grandmother.

      Won’t you be worried about me? she asked her parents.

      While you’re with May Days? Not even for a second, said Mum, although it was obvious that somebody was worried.

      But Tiger put on a brave smile for her parents. An adventure with May Days would be great, wouldn’t it?

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      Are you sure this is the right house? said Tiger.

      She stood close to her dad by the gate, beneath a large drooping willow tree.

      Willowgate House was unexpectedly huge, and it stood at the end of a long driveway. It had wide windows and tall chimney pots, and a conservatory that leaned slightly to the left.

      Tiger tilted her head to the side to see if it looked any straighter. But it didn’t. The lopsided building made her feel wobbly.

      Tiger waited on the doorstep behind Dad while he pulled the bell on the wall beside the door.

      The next surprise was May Days.

      Weren’t grandmothers supposed to be old and grey and worn?

      Instead she had curls that were wild and alive. Her sleeves were pushed up, as if she’d done a hard day’s work, and she bounded out like the kind of person who didn’t sit down very often.

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      You’re here, at last! May Days beamed, throwing her arms around Dad first, and then around Tiger.

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