""Let me start with the basics: snithissers are to cats what ogres or trolls or little green men from Mars are to humans. They aren't supposed to be real. They're villains in the stories kittens tell to frighten each other and mother cats use to make their children behave. They shouldn't exist outside of stories. But they do. You can bet your last whisker they do.""

Stalking a tasty snack, ordinary house cat Traxter Baxter gets a nasty surprise when his prey fights back with magic. In the flick of a whisker Trax is changed from a tabby into a ten-year-old boy. Will he spend the rest of...