Sagwa lives in the palace, which is nice, but not very exciting. Then she sees a bunch of acrobat cats - acrocats! Now she doesn't want to practice her calligraphy anymore, she wants to be an acrocat! But being an acrocat (or is it catrobat? Sagwa isn't sure.) is hard work and needs lots of practice. Sagwa realizes she may never be a great acrocat, but she has many talents all her own.

"Based on the book written by Amy Tan"--T.p. verso.