The Whisperer

This fabulous new title from bestselling author-illustrator and former Kate Greenaway medal winner, Nick Butterworth, has been dubbed 'a feline West Side Story'.

Two rival cat gangs, the gingers and the black-and-whites, live in a scrap yard on the edge of the city and it is in the interests of the eponymous 'whisperer' - a rat - to keep them apart.

One day everything changes when two cats from rival gangs fall in love and are banished; only to return with a very special surprise...

A new take on a classic story, in which Nick Butterworth's distinctive and darkly-detailed urban images bring city life spectacularly to life. This title was shortlisted for the 2005 Nestle Children's Book Prize (6-8 Years category).