Safe for Life
Dylan and Red Tabby’s Amazing Adventures Book 2
by Katherine Reynolds
An illustrated novel for 8–12 year-olds and everyone who enjoys a good read.
The eagerly awaited follow-on to the award-winning children’s adventure, Born to Dance.
336 pages
Product details
The eagerly awaited sequel to the award-winning children’s adventure novel Born to Dance. Dylan de Polka, the tap-dancing star of the Happy Days Circus, and his worldly-wise feline friend, Red Tabby, take on the ruthless Jago Reaver and his villainous sidekick, Frankie, who are intent on stealing the circus animals’ much-loved home, Great Park.
As the troupe waves off the newly married Ringmaster Chia and Madame Lulu Bombazine on their honeymoon, an ominous black balloon casts a menacing shadow over the cheerful scene. Great Park’s owner, Lord Stomper, goes missing in mysterious circumstances, and the animals find themselves in grave peril. Before their home and their hopes are destroyed, the troupe must somehow foil the baddies’ cunning plot.
Can they succeed in rescuing Lord Stomper, saving Great Park and reuniting the Happy Days Circus?
Can they ever be safe for life?
Customer reviews
Already a huge fan of Born To Dance, I was excited to see if the magic continued on in Safe For Life and am delighted to say that it does. It’s a rare mix when an adult’s enjoyment of reading is partnered with the enthusiasm and excitement of a child, but this is something Katherine Reynolds seems to have effortlessly mastered. Anything that gets the children away from digital distractions and into some nice cosy family time is, for me, worth any price, so Reynolds has herself a lifelong fan in me and my family.
Rosey Bookworm
Awards
2010 First Prize Winner, Children’s Fiction, London Book Festival
2010 Honourable Mention, Children’s Fiction Category, San Francisco Book Festival
2010 Honourable Mention, Children’s Fiction Category, New York Book Festival.
2009 Runner-Up for Children’s Fiction, the David St. John Thomas Charitable Trust
About the author
The written word has always been Katherine’s first love, but a talent for film-making steered her into a different career choice. With a friend, she founded a London film company, editing and producing award-winning TV documentaries. Over the years, her projects took her to Italy, Greece, India and then to Canada, where, in the course of her adventures, she met and married a well-known Toronto actor and became a Canadian citizen.
Working between Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, she created and produced TV series for children; collaborated on scripts for television and film; and wrote extensively for various magazines. She was, for ten years, Contributing Editor of Britannia, a North American magazine celebrating the British way of life. Later, she founded and wrote The Street, a monthly newsletter for Coronation Street‘s many overseas fans.
In 1998, she and her husband, Michael, returned to the UK to live near their film-maker daughter, and their grandchildren. The green and rolling countryside of Somerset soon worked its magic in her imagination and the adventures of Dylan de Polka and Red Tabby were born.
Find Dylan and Red Tabby at www.dylanandredtabby.com and on Twitter, Facebook, and more.