Nine Lives Books
Emerald is a tortoishell with deep green eyes. Her new owner is an usher at the local cinema. Emerald gets to watch all the new movies and, when there's a ghost film showing, she gets to give the audience some extra entertainment in the form of 'ghost kitten'.Amber is a tabby, with splodges of orange, brown and white all over. But poor Amber has an identity crisis - she thinks she's a dog. Her new owners, the Grices, are not thrilled - they already have three dogs! Can Amber learn to be more like a catJet is black from head to toe - except for his tail - which has just a few white hairs on it. Jet's new owners run a pet shop and Jet is now the star attraction. And Jet is friendly to everyone - but he's a bit nervous of babies. Too bad that Sue, his new owner, is about to have a baby of her own. Can Jet come to terms with the baby and a rival for attention
Ginger is the red-head of the litter, with tiger stripes on his belly and pure white paws, he is fearless and very nosy. Ginger is taken by a female firefighter and her daughter - the perfect family to get him out of all the scrapes he gets into - especially getting stuck on the roof! Nutmeg is long-haired and beigy brown and just as nosy as her brother Ginger. But Nutmeg's new owners have an equally nosy parrot who Nutmeg loves to tease. But the parrot gets his own back. Fed up with Nutmeg chasing him all day long, he tricks her into his cage one day,and poor old Nutmg learns her lesson! Clove is a gentle grey kitten with soft white paws. Her new owners, the Millers, are very kind, but they keep feeding her very odd food - far too rich for her delicate tummy and Clove is unhappy.. But the Miller's daughter soon realises what the problem is and sets about putting it right with some proper kitten food!
Daisy has a sleek grey coat and silver grey eyes. She's the quietest of Bracken's kittens. In fact she's so quiet that her new owners are beginning to worry that she'll never make a sound. But when their daughter Mel collapses unconcious from a mystery illness, it is Daisy who calls for help with her very first 'Miaow'. Buttercup is multicoloured - every colour imaginable is in her fur! And just as she has many colours, Buttercup has many roles to play with her new family of three girls, two boys, Mum and Dad and Granny. Everyone wants Buttercup at the same time, and it's all getting too much. Buttercup can't please everybody all the time - can he? Weed is the last of Bracken's litter. Very tiny and scrawny, Weed is as shy and timid as a mouse, and no one wants her! No one except Granny, that is...
Poor old Ginger's adventurous spirit has got him into trouble again, and when he injures one of his legs, his owner Amy is worried. But Ginger is getting lots of attention, so much that he doesn't even notice that his leg has healed, and starts limping on the wrong leg...Nutmeg shares her new home with a noisy parrot called Sailor, and most of the time the two of them are locked in combat. But when Nutmeg gets accidentally locked up in some new cupboards, it is noisy Sailor who raises the alarm. Clove can't stop cleaning her fur, and when Janie spills some cream on her coat, she's glad she does. It's delicious! But Clove can't tell the difference between cream and shampoo, and gets a nasty surprise when Janie washes her hair!
