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Bodacious: The Shepherd Cat

The heart-warming story of idyllic country living, told through the eyes of one very sassy cat!
Eleven years ago, Suzanna found a kitten wandering around a shop in Kilkenny, Ireland, and when no one claimed him, she took him back to join the array of other animals on her Zwartbles sheep farm. But Bodacious wasn’t content to pad around the house and curl up by the Aga. As soon as he arrived, Bodacious sauntered around the farm like he owned the place and immediately established himself as Top Cat.
This is Bodacious story of life on the farm, and embodies idyllic country living at its best— early mornings, frosty starts, beautiful sunrises, entertaining animals, mouth-watering food, kind people and hard work.
The most famous farmyard animal since Babe, Bodacious is a social media sensation (and now a budding author!). He has his own Twitter channel (14k followers) and his YouTube videos have a combined viewing of over 500k!
We have 5 sets of 10 copies to giveaway to reading groups, and once you’ve read it we’d love to hear what you think!
Tweet us your review @HarperNonFic – #Bodacious.

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