Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw, 1)

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Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way – a secret martial art for cats.

I’d say be yourself, you know ‘The Way’ you know you are right, and your family is wrong so just go with it, you know the Elder Paw is right.’ I am wondering also if you have any idea if there will be a third book in the Varjak trilogy? I definitely hope there will be! We have just finished reading Varjak Paw and we adored every moment of it! However, we are now desperate for you to answer our urgent questions; There have been a few shows of Varjak Paw done by schools in the past - if you like, you can read more about them here!Thank you so much for your amazing message - I'm really glad you enjoyed Varjak Paw. Congratulations on getting 100 on the quiz! I have to admit, Vanbrugh Castle wasn't the inspiration for the Contessa's house, but I love the fact that you can see it as such - it shows that you're able to locate the story in the place where you live, which is what I wanted.

It made things a little better. Even if the tales made Varjak restless, he loved them. They were the closest he'd ever get to adventure in this place. He looked at the old, wooden stairs, covered in dusty carpet. The cats weren't allowed up there now the Contessa was ill. Her door was always shut. I would say it’s a really good book because it actually is. Sometimes when you are reading a book you are so into the book you can’t hear anything. You feel like you are in the book, it’s like you are in the world of Varjak Paw and you’re not in the real world anymore and your eyes can’t see anything else.’ It's been 15 or so years since I read your books as a child and I still treasure them. Varjak Paw was one of my favourite books, and I must've reread it about 50 times. Your writing made a big impact on me to keep reading - and I hope you will never stop writing! Your love for books is very clear in the comment section and very touching. I am gladdened to see that even now children are reading and loving your books as I did all those years ago. Stay safe in this pandemic, you're a good person! I am using your book for my university assignment and I was wondering if I could ask you a question. Is the physicality of the Mesopotamian Blue's based off of the Russian Blues? I only ask because the way you describe them within the book is very similar.I aspire to be an author when I’m older and i was wondering if you have any tips for writing plot lines or creating tension and generally keeping the reader hooked the whole way through? Thank you so much for your message! I'm so glad you enjoyed all three of my books so far, and congratulations on getting 100% in the quizzes!

To be honest, I'd never noticed the similarities between Varjak's story and the Buddha's story before reading your message, but you're absolutely right - there are a lot of them! I wonder if you could find any other stories that have similar features? Lady, whose-real-name-is-Stasya, who-don't-want-to-be-called-that'way, who-is-absolutely-happy-she-can-communicate-with-SF-Said

Varjak bristled. Julius might be the family hero, but Varjak knew something no one else did, something important. How could he make them believe him? I loved Varjak Paw because it was really intruiges and full of excitement. I really enjoyed it when Varjak was meeting Jalal in his dreams and learning the Way. My heart was pounding in my throat when he faced-off Julius. I felt the same when Tam went missing. It was a triumph for you and amazing for your fans who got to read it. Congratulations. From Lexi. Five years. That's a long time, but I think the end result was worth all the hard work – I hope you do too! Just some ideas to throw out there (unless you've thought of them already of course.) But if you're done with the series (I can understand if you feel like you've "grown out" of it, although it's one of those more simpler books that actually give good meaning and mindblowing moral/results to everything - a classic and blended with cultures, I wonder if more people have read it til now) and want to leave things to imagination, then that's perfectly great as well. For my project I am classifying children's literature from the age of which a child can thumb through a book independently to 14/15 years of age)

Enough!’ yelled Father. ‘That's enough of these – these tales!’ He spat out the word ‘tales' with particular disgust. I remember when we were kittens,’ said Aunt Juni, ‘there were Ladies and Gentlemen here every day. The Contessa always had visitors.’ Thank you so much for your message! I hope you enjoy my other books too. Please say hello to everyone in your class for me, and tell them to keep the Way alive!

Hope you are well. My name is Grace. I love your books! They are Amazing! I just wanted to say whenever you write books you make the world feel better! I can see that you always take your time when writing! My sister also loves your books! Keep up the great work and make the world shine even more!! hello SF said I have read the first book 17 times and the second one 12 and I LOVE the both of them and I really want a third book holly getting killed of actually had me crying and I was really happy for her return I have spent countless hours theorizing about holly getting the ice blue eye please make a third book. Dear SF said, i am Polly and i loved reading your book Varjak Paw its very adventurous im very excited to read lots more of your books they are very enjoyable. A group of children in my class have been reading your book Varjak Paw and it is obviously good. Julius, you shouldn't tease him so much,’ said Father. ‘The Contessa's upstairs because she's ill, nothing more. But Varjak Paw – you have to learn to behave like a proper Mesopotamian Blue. We're noble cats, special cats. We don't run around calling each other liars. We don't talk about disgusting things like hunting. And we don't get our paws all muddy in the garden. That's not what being a Blue is about. Do you understand?’