AHLBERG, ALLAN

Puffin Books. 2002. 107p.Sider. Paperback. OK condition. The story begins when a seemingly harmless kitten limps into the Burrell family's garden. The kitten gets bigger and bigger and soon the family, apart from the narrator David, are in thrall to the creature. They slowly descend into squalor and slothas they are sucked into the service of the enormous black cat that has taken over their lives. Eventually David breaks the spell and sends in a pack of dogs to see off the cat, who makes a dramatic exit through the lounge window and is flattened by a passing truck. In this story for children from the age of nine, a seemingly harmless kitten limps into the Burrell family's garden, but as it grows bigger and bigger, the family are sucked into its service. Eventually David, the only person who is not in thrall to this huge black cat, breaks the spell, forcing its dramatic exit and fitting demise.