Varjak Paw Varjak Paw received outstanding reviews when it was published in hardcover in the summer of 2003. Its sequel, Outlaw Varjak Paw, will be published on the Fickling fall 05 list. This is a young middle-grade novel featuring a cast of cat characters. Told in a highly-accessible voice, Varjak is the incredibly sympathetic, plucky protagonist who must save his family from the evil people threatening to kill them all--except that no one in his family believes they're really in danger. So Varjak must use the mystical ways of his ancestor, Jalal, the First Cat, in order to defeat the ones trying to kill him and his family. The classic mentor/student role is taken to new dimensions in this debut novel. Digest 05/10/2005