FromtheauthorofEvangelineoftheBayoucomesaclassicmiddlegradeanimal-fantasyadventureaboutablackcatwhomustgoonamagicaljourneytobereunitedwithherbelovedowner.ForfansofKatherineApplegate,RosanneParry,andreadersoftheFamiliarsseries.Nimbushadaroughstartasakitten.ButherfortuneschangedthedayshemetFletcher.Theboynursedherbacktohealthfromalife-threateninginjuryandadoptedher.ButwhenFletcher’sauntbringshomeamysteriousjar,anancientnightmaredemonisunwittinglyunleashed.Despitebattlingthemonstertosaveherfriend,Fletcher’ssuperstitiousauntblamesNimfortheattackandsecretlyabandonsheratadump.There,Nimisbefriendedbyatheater-lovingratandtakeninbyakindlywitchnamedAgathaandhermotleycrewofcats.Nimsoondiscoversthatherbattlewiththedemonleftherwithspecialpowers--butmorethanthat,shebeginstosuspectthatshehasalwaysbeendestinedforsomethingextraordinary.ToreturntoherbelovedFletcher,Nimwillneedtoharnesshermagicalpowersandenlistthehelpofhernewfriends.Alongtheway,shewilldiscovershemaybebraverandluckierthansheeverimagined.
