Varjak Paw
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue cat from a large family that live comfortably inside the Contessa’s large, grand house. Yet, when the Gentleman arrives with his odd black cats, Varjak and his grandfather the Elder Paw believe that something strange is going on. Having escaped the house, Elder Paw tells Varjak to leave and bring back a dog that will frighten away the Gentleman and his black cats. Thing is, Varjak has no street smarts, having been a house cat all his life – and no idea what a dog is, either.
Finding his way in the city is tough for Varjak until he makes friends with Tam and Holly, two street cats who take pity on him and help him find food and shelter and avoid the cat gangs that roam the city and work for the mysterious Sally Bones. At the same time, Varjak dreams of his ancestor, Jalal, who teaches him a special cat martial art as he sleeps, making him a fearsome warrior. Will Varjak ever find a dog and bring it home? And what are the strange robotic cats he witnesses in the city?
A modern classic of an adventure story, Varjak Paw also considers what it is to be persecuted for coming from a different culture, and, at the same time, find strength in the wisdom passed down from our ancestors. The Mesopotamian Blues themselves are pedigree cats who look down on Varjak for having the wrong colour eyes, and Varjak is also singled out as different when he leaves his protected sphere and decides to adventure alone in the city. However, finding friendship with Tam and Holly means that Varjak also looks outside his restrictive existence and starts to understand others – and himself – more deeply.
What you thought...
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plumy, 27 Mawrth 2024
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Me and my class are reading Varjak Paw and it is very fun and interresting. One of my main questions is who is the evil gentleman and what did he do to the contessa.
Apple, 1 Ebrill 2023
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Good
Banana 🍌, 2 Mawrth 2023
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I love it. It is my favourite book of all time
Efrata, 11 Ionawr 2023
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i loved it
Brooke, 26 Awst 2022
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I loved it.
Mia, 26 Awst 2022
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Very interesting ang mysterious
Jane, 9 Gorffennaf 2022
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Very interesting and Iloved it
NCPC123, 2 Mehefin 2022
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Absolutely unbelievably stupendous
Kai, 17 Gorffennaf 2021
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I love SF Said and I have read the two Varjak paw books and Phoenix. They are all sensational!
Kai, 17 Gorffennaf 2021
i am in grade 6 and we are reading AND studying varjak paw we are in chapter seven