
Winner of the Nestle Gold Prize and Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2006.First in the Cat Royal series. 'I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . .'Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four...

Orphan Cat Royal, living at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist and involves her in street gangs and the world of nobility.

MYSTERY, TREASURE, AND A LIFE ON THE STAGE.? The first episode of the adventures of Cat Royal is a big, fat juicy read. ? She's Cat Royal four foot four, with long red hair, green eyes and not a penny she can call her own. But she does know a secret where a treasure is hidden...



