Shadow Cat Summer
A wonderfully atmospheric middle-grade novel about big cats wild in the Scottish countryside.
Eleven-year-old twins, Katrina and Alex normally live on a houseboat in London but are spending the summer in the Scottish Highlands while their mum, a brilliant musician, receives treatment for mental illness. They soon realise that something strange is out there. Could the deep scratches on a tree and the attacks on local livestock be the work of something bigger and wilder than a fox or a dog? Katrina and Alex are determined to find out. Rebecca Smith’s fascination with the natural world underpins this exciting and moving story.
‘A wonderfully atmospheric and lyrical story, unsentimental but so affecting.’
– Ali Sparks
Illustrations by Dawn Treacher
