SuperCat vs. the Fry Thief by Jeanne Willis

My thoughts:
My children borrowed this ARC and the two who read it both enjoyed it, so I decided to give it a quick read before returning it yesterday.  SuperCat starts out as a lazy cat who never does anything.  His owner thinks he is the worst pet and pines away for something more exciting like a wolf.  One day SuperCat eats an old French fry from a moldy sock under the bed and all of a sudden he has super powers and can fly and talk.  From there the adventure starts.  Someone is stealing all the potatoes and ruining crops all over the world so no one can have French fries or chips.  SuperCat and his owner work on the mystery and it has all sorts of action:  helicopters, submarines, weevils, horse manure, addition, subtraction and a villain named Count Backwards.  The story had my children laughing and the illustrations add to the fun!

Product Details

• ISBN-13: 9780007585960
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Publication date: 3/24/2015
• Series: Supercat , #1
• Pages: 224

Meet the Author

Jeanne Willis wrote her first book aged five and has now written over eighty titles. She has won numerous awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Silver Smarties Prize and has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. As well as her extensive writing experience Jeanne once worked as a reptile vet’s assistant, has owned cats, a rat and a toad called Dave. She has never performed in an animal talent show but she did get married at London Zoo.