The City of Lost Cats

Tanya Lloyd Kyi

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Tundra Books
01 April 2025

Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

A stubborn young girl named Fiona stumbles upon an abandoned house full of stray cats, just as it is threatened by a demolition team, a leadership crisis, and two potentially malicious parakeets. Can Fiona save the house and all its inhabitants? A new middle-grade novel by critically acclaimed author Tanya Lloyd Kyi.

A stubborn young girl named Fiona stumbles upon an abandoned house full of stray cats, just as it is threatened by a demolition team, a leadership crisis, and two potentially malicious parakeets. Can Fiona save the house and all its inhabitants? A new middle-grade novel by critically acclaimed author Tanya Lloyd Kyi.

When Fiona wanders into an abandoned mansion down by the harbor, she discovers the house is full of stray cats (and two chaotic parakeets). Fiona feels a great deal of sympathy for the animals; she understands what it's like to need a safe home. Ever since her parents died, she's been struggling to adjust to the tiny apartment where she and her Aunt Tanis now live. And Aunt Tanis has little time to spare for Fiona, between her job at The Municipal Hall and her horrible, hair-gelled boyfriend.

When the mansion is threatened by a demolition team, Fiona is determined to save ""The City"" and its residents. But the cats have their own priorities. Cot (short for Cottonball Fluffikins Magnificent III, a name he refuses to acknowledge) has lived in the mansion for two years and is the self-proclaimed king. He's convinced the demolition effort has been organized by the recently arrived parakeets. Those birds have got to go!

Cot's feline rival, Piper, is sure she can intimidate the demolition team and force them to leave, if Fiona will simply stay out of her way. And the parakeets . . . well, the parakeets just want to go home.

As the demolition team begins tearing down the house next door, Fiona looks for any help she can find - at the library, the butcher shop, and even at The Municipal Hall. Can the efforts of one small girl and an assortment of animals stop a luxury condo development? Can they create something better in its place?

It's going to take some quick thinking on the part of Fiona, not to mention the cooperation of all the cats, to give The City a future.

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Imprint: Tundra Books
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 219mm, Width: 145mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781774882108
ISBN 10: 1774882108
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Recommended Age: From 10 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

TANYA LLOYD KYI is the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. She grew up with a racoon-sized tortoiseshell cat named D.C. (for Darn Cat), who would have felt right at home in The City. Tanya has worked in the past as a graphic designer, an editor and a dishwasher. (She considers herself entirely qualified for that last one.) Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is cheese and her favorite book is A Wrinkle in Time. When she's not telling cat tales, Tanya teaches at the UBC School of Creative Writing in Vancouver, BC.