AN INDIE NEXT PICK!From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books cats
and the people who love them infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The
Travelling Cat Chronicles.Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the
secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then a talking cat
appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for-or rather demands-the teenager's help in
saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved and the cat
and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners.Their mission sends this odd couple
on an amazing journey where they enter different mazes to set books free. Through their
travels the cat and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf an
unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read
and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Their adventures culminate in one
final unforgettable challenge-the last maze that awaits leads Rintaro down a realm only the
bravest dare enter . . .An enthralling tale of books first love fantasy and an unusual
friendship with a talking cat The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are
so much more than words on paper.Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.Cats books
young love and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers! -Kirkus
