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I just finished a novel I have been working on (and off and on and off) for the last two years. It has almost nothing to do with the kind of stuff I normally work on.
You see, it is an adventure story about a young, street cat who joins the famous cat colony at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.
First, no, I am not kidding.
Second, I don't know why I did it either.
The Hermitage Museum really does exist (of course) and there really is a cat colony that has been in residence pretty much non-stop since the Empress Elizabeth(!) brought cats to the palace in 1747 to control the rats and mice. It just seemed like a cool setting for a story that I wanted to tell.
The book is targeted at what publishers call "middle grade readers". That is somewhere between a precocious 8 and 13+, I guess. Anyone who likes adventure and likes cats would probably be intrigued, though. I have come up with two ideas for a title and the link below takes you to a one question survey that asks you to vote on which you like the best.
I'd appreciate your input!
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When do you publish? My kids would probably like this story and it would be a really interesting take compared to the rest of what is our there for middle grade literature.
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