Plum, as her family calls her, is a tiger-striped cat that lives with Miss Nakari, a single mother to her teenaged son, Taku. Plum can understand what people say to her, and she can even tell what s in their minds. She also has many friends among the neighborhood cats. All is well in her everyday life, until the day a mischievous kitten named Snowball joins Plum s happy household. Will the naughty little newcomer turn Plum s world completely topsy-turvy? Or will Snowball make her life even sweeter?

English translation of: Kijitora neko no Koume-san. Originally published in Japan in 2010 by Shonengahosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo. This book reads from right, Japanese style.