Tim Cummings takes readers into the fictional town of Weirville in his upcoming middle-grade release Alice the Cat. Tess is on the precipice of her thirteenth birthday, processing the loss of her mother, and attempting to help her father who has become completely detached. Her beloved cat, Alice, has started rushing into the street when cars go by, trying to get run over, pushing Tess to do the only thing she believes may help: run away. This leads her to a local abandoned house where she discovers a ghostly entity that desperately wants a cat to care for in the afterlife, and it has its heart set on Alice. Tess will do whatever it takes to save Alice, help the ghost, and heal her dad, teaming up with unexpected friends, including a boy who has a huge crush on her and a local baseball hero turned pariah. The trio soon realizes that it will take more than magic to survive the summer in one piece.
Based on events from Cummings own life, Alice the Cat is emotional and humorous, emphasizing the importance of community in the face of adversity, allowing yourself to feel grief, and finding the magic in your own life.
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