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City Cats #3

by Colin Dann

The final part of a trilogy that began with King of Vagabonds and City Cats. Life in the London park has been easy and peaceful for Sammy, Pinkie and their three kittens, but all that is about to change. There's a purge on stray cats and dogs, and Sammy and Pinkie face the question of survival.

Genres: Cats

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published July 12, 1999

About the author

Colin Dann (born 1943 in Richmond, Surrey (now part of London)) is an English author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series.

Dann worked at the publishing firm William Collins Sons & Co. for thirteen years, and his first novel, The Animals of Farthing Wood, was written during this period. The original cover for this and a dozen others was painted by Portal artist Frances Broomfield.

Colin Dann, recipient of Britain's Arts Council National Award for Children's Literature, is also the author of six sequels and a prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood.

Reviews

[Thistle · Rating 2 out of 5]

While reading this book, I thought it was extremely dated. The dialogue (cats talking) sounded like a 1930s black and white British movie. Eventually I had to flip to the copyright page to see when it had been published. 2014!

The book followed a pair of cats living in a London park. The humans of the city decided there were too many strays, so hired animal control people to round them up.

The cats didn't really act like cats (instead acted like a human nuclear family) and wow the dialogue couldn't sound less cat-like to me.

I'm pretty sure I tried to read something else by this author and had the same reaction to it. I think his style is just not for me.

[Hyena · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best out of whole three books!

[Elisabeth Dickson]

A really good book especially if you like cats like me! amazing couldn't put it down!!