Land of the Last Wildcat is a heart-pounding adventure for young animal lovers, with brilliant storytelling and illustrations that leap right off the page. Puffin Lau must return a mythical wildcat to its rightful home, but Professor Smoult wants to capture it and steal its magic.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Discover the children's adventure hit of the summer! Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and Waterstones Book of the Month for May, Land of the Last Wildcat is Lui Sit's debut children's novel about family, friendship, and an adorable wildcat, beautifully illustrated throughout in black and white by David Dean. A heart-pounding adventure for young animal lovers, with brilliant storytelling and illustrations that leap right off the page. You will paws-itively adore this one! - Carlie Sorosiak, author of I, Cosmo Puffin Lau has two problems: her beloved scientist mum barely speaks to her . . . and a mythical wildcat called the kuri is depending on her for its survival. Luckily, Puffin grew up on stories of the kuri and its magical powers, and she will stop at nothing to return it to its rightful home. But standing in her way is the ominous Professor Smoult, a money-hungry scientist who wants to capture the kuri and steal its magic. Faced with a mammoth journey to the faraway Linger Island, Puffin and her best friend Lance must evade the professor and save the last wildcat before it's too late . . .

Discover the Children's Adventure Hit of the Summer!

Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and Waterstones Book of the Month for May, Land of the Last Wildcat is Lui Sit's debut children's novel about family, friendship, and an adorable wildcat, beautifully illustrated throughout in black and white by David Dean.

A heart-pounding adventure for young animal lovers, with brilliant storytelling and illustrations that leap right off the page. You will paws-itively adore this one!

- Carlie Sorosiak, author of I, Cosmo

Puffin Lau has two problems:

Her beloved scientist mum barely speaks to her . . .

And a mythical wildcat called the kuri is depending on her for its survival.

Luckily, Puffin grew up on stories of the kuri and its magical powers, and she will stop at nothing to return it to its rightful home.

But standing in her way is the ominous Professor Smoult, a money-hungry scientist who wants to capture the kuri and steal its magic.

Faced with a mammoth journey to the faraway Linger Island, Puffin and her best friend Lance must evade the professor and save the last wildcat before it's too late . . .

Weight: 190g
Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035040315