Heroes A2Z #11: Kung Fu Kitties

By David Anthony and Charles David Clasman

Kids, Cats, or Rats ...
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Traverse City is home to three special superheroes. Meet Abigail, the oldest. When it comes to sport she can't be beat. Andrew is her twin. If it has wheels, he can ride it. Baby Zoe is the youngest but also the strongest. Don't let the diaper fool you.

In this adventure, things get hairy. Famous felines Chuck Morris, Moose Lee, and Lucy Mew prowl into town to promote a new kung fu dojo. But when all the milk goes missing, the heroes know that Traverse City hasn’t gone to the dogs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Anthony
• Release date: Nov 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301944613

David Anthony

David Anthony, along with co-author Charles David Clasman, has written over 20 books for kids in three series, including Mystery Underground, Heroes A2Z, and Knightscares.David Anthony received his first typewriter in the eighth grade and has been banging on keyboards ever since. As a child, some of David's best friends were books. He always loved to read. A friend first inspired him to write, and the steady encouragement of his parents and teachers kept him at it. Today he writes with the passion of his youth. No story can ever be too fantastic, too impossible, too spooky, or too silly.David currently lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan with a patient wife, a semi-patient son, and a demanding dog. At least two of them usually need a haircut. When not writing or reading, David plays tabletop games with his son, engages in social media, and roots for the Detroit Red Wings.

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Kung Fu Kitties

by

David Anthony

and

Charles David Clasman

Illustrations

Lys Blakeslee

Heroes A²Z #11: Kung Fu Kitties

Copyright 2012 David Anthony and Charles David Clasman

Published by Sigil Publishing, LLC

Smashwords Edition

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This book is fiction. The people, places, and events depicted within are fictitious or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to persons living or dead or to real life places is purely coincidental.

Table of Contents

1. Meet the Heroes

2. Meet the Kitties

3. Fists of Furry

4. Kung Fu Criminals

5. Milk Thieves

6. Framed!

7. Got Handcuffs?

8. Jailbirds

9. Cry Me a River

10. Cheese-In-Ease

11. Catnip Whip

12. Kids vs. Kitties

13. Follow the Cheese

14. Whisker Wagon Tour

15. Triple Kick

16. Cat-apult

17. Rattler Rattlesnake

18. Rattrap

1: Meet the Heroes

Welcome to Traverse City, Michigan, population 18,000. The city has everything you might expect: malls, movie theaters, schools, and playgrounds. Kids swim here in the summer and build snowmen during the winter. Sometimes they pretend that they live in an ordinary place.

But Traverse City is far from ordinary. It is set on one of the Great Lakes and attracts tourists in every season. Thousands of people visit every year.

Still, few of them know the city’s real secret. Even fewer talk about it. You see, Traverse City is home to three keen superheroes. This story is about them.

Meet Abigail, the oldest of our heroes by a whole eight minutes. When it comes to sports, she can’t be beat—not at kickball, not at kayaking, and certainly not at kneeboarding. After earning a black belt, she took karate to the next level. Now she can catch flies with her chopsticks. Pop flies in the outfield, that is.

Andrew comes next. He’s Abigail’s twin brother, younger by a measly eight minutes. If it has wheels, Andrew can ride it. He’s killer, kickin’, and the king on wheels. Just watch him roll in karate class. He doesn’t chop the usual boards and blocks. He breaks steel beams with his bean!

Last but definitely not least is Baby Zoë. She’s proof that big things can come in small packages. She still wears a diaper, but she can stop a runaway train in her bare feet. She puts the kid in skids.

Together these three heroes keep the streets and neighborhoods of Traverse City, Michigan, and America safe. Together they are …