Lucky Star
by Cathy Cassidy
Mouse is a 14-year-old boy. He lives in a high-rise block where crime and drugs are rife and has been excluded from school because of his graffiti art.
Cat is a pretty, middle-class girl from the leafy suburbs who goes to a posh school and seems to have it all. They don't seem to have much in common.
However, they both love a little stray dog, Lucky, and they both have secrets and troubles they need to work through. Together they try to fight the drug dealers and criminals on Mouse's estate and improve life for the people who live there.
This is an uplifting, if slightly unrealistic, novel. Likeable characters with real-life problems overcome their difficulties with a positive attitude and community spirit.
Publisher: Puffin
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Cathy Cassidy
Cathy Cassidy wrote and illustrated her first book at eight-years-old. She has worked as an editor on Jackie magazine, a teacher, and as agony aunt on Shout magazine. She lives in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, with her husband, two children, three cats, two rabbits and a mad hairy lurcher called Kelpie.
Cathy Cassidy's warm, funny, tender fiction including Dizzy, Indigo Blue, Sundae Girl and many more has won her an army of dedicated fans. The power and importance of friendship is at the heart of each of her books but most crucially, Cathy brings an element of magic to every story, discovering the magic that exists in every corner, in every day and sprinkling it through her narrative. www.cathycassidy.com is the place to be for any diehard Cathy Cassidy fan, featuring top gossip, creative writing competitions, downloadable freebies and much more.
She has written seven hugely successful novels for Puffin.
Cathy Cassidy Photo: Puffin
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