The City of Lost Cats (A Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Kids and Teens)

在本書中，倔強而孤單的 Fiona 意外闖入港邊一棟廢棄豪宅，發現裡頭住滿流浪貓與兩隻神經兮兮的長尾鸚鵡。自從父母過世後，她與忙碌的姑姑擠在小公寓裡，更能理解「需要一個家」的心情。當建商準備拆除豪宅興建豪華公寓，Fiona 決心守住這座被貓群稱為「The City」的地方。

故事在人與貓的多重視角間展開：自封為王的 Cot、野心勃勃的 Piper，以及只想回家的鸚鵡，各有盤算。作者 Tanya Lloyd Kyi 擅長描寫成長與行動的交織，本書入選 CBC Books 2025 夏季推薦書單，並獲《Kirkus Reviews》《Publishers Weekly》等媒體好評。這是一則關於歸屬、勇氣與社群連結的中階小說。

A stubborn young girl named Fiona stumbles upon an abandoned house full of stray cats, just as it is threatened by a demolition team, a leadership crisis, and two potentially malicious parakeets. Can Fiona save the house and all its inhabitants? A middle-grade novel, now available in paperback, by critically acclaimed author Tanya Lloyd Kyi.

When Fiona wanders into an abandoned mansion down by the harbor, she discovers the house is full of stray cats (and two chaotic parakeets). Fiona feels a great deal of sympathy for the animals; she understands what it's like to need a safe home. Ever since her parents died, she's been struggling to adjust to the tiny apartment where she and her Aunt Tanis, who has little time to spare for Fiona, now live.

When the mansion is threatened by a demolition team, Fiona is determined to save "The City" and its residents. But the cats have their own priorities. Cot (short for Cottonball Fluffikins Magnificent III) has lived in the mansion for two years and is the self-proclaimed king. But Cot's feline rival, Piper, is sure she can intimidate the demolition team and force them to leave, if Fiona will simply stay out of her way. And the parakeets . . . well, the parakeets just want to go home.

As the demolition team begins tearing down the house next door, Fiona looks for any help she can find — at the library, the butcher shop, and even at The Municipal Hall. Can the efforts of one small girl and an assortment of animals stop a luxury condo development? Can they create something better in its place?

It's going to take some quick thinking on the part of Fiona, not to mention the cooperation of all the cats, to give The City a future.