Street life is good for the kitten Jasper until a flash flood washes him far away from Broadway and his family. Jasper spends weeks trying to get back home—but that home is gone forever. In his new life are obstacles and challenges. In Jasper’s odyssey he will avoid the siren-like voice of the animal control officer, take on a deranged dog named Spike, out smart and escape an angry giant named Paulie Femous, and make the difficult decision not to stay with Sassy Cat in Tire Mountain with the cult of cats loyal to her Uncle Whiskey Cat. Along the way he is helped by Duke, a Bassett Hound, who becomes his mentor, teaching him important survival skills. It is also during his time with Duke that his special power, a kind of second vision, comes to him.
Home is the goal in most hero journeys and Jasper finds his new home with a girl named Stevie who is trying to find her own sense of home after her own terrible loss.
More information coming soon on this new young readers book.
