SERENDIPITY AND ME

It has been two years since her mother’s death, and Sara is ready to start feeling a little better. Her dad needs help getting there, though. Then fate intervenes in the form of a little while fluffball of a kitten, who appears on Sara’s doorstep one night when she’s sick with the flu. She names him Serendipity and immediately falls in love with him. Her dad has always had a strict NO CATS policy, but when he agrees to let Serendipity stay for the night, Sara’s sure she can find a way to turn that night into two nights, then three, then forever. And if she can do that, she’s certain the new cat can help both her and her dad start to heal.

Sara has always loved cats. She surrounds herself with pictures of cats, stuffed cats, even cat-headed slippers. But she’s never been allowed to have a real cat of her own. Her father has always told her no, for reasons he won’t explain. So when a fluffy snowball of a kitten darts through their front door and into her life, Sara believes her dream might finally come true. But convincing her father to break his strict No Cats policy seems impossible. She has less than a week to persuade him that this kitten is exactly what their lonely, broken family of two needs to heal. Told in lyrical, spare verse, Serendipity & Me is a sparkling novel that elegantly handles the topic of loss for a middle grade audience.