Written by Luis SepúlvedaIllustrated by Chris ShebanTranslated by Margaret Sayers PedenFrom award-winning author Luis Sepúlveda comes a tender novel that has already sold more than a 1.5 million copies worldwide. Three promises tie Zorba the cat to a dying mother seagull: that he won’t eat the egg she’s produced, that he’ll take care of it until the chick hatches, and that when the time comes he’ll teach the baby seagull to fly. Taking care of the egg is one thing, but Zorba can’t imagine what he was thinking when he agreed to teach the chick to fly. He’s a cat! What does he know about flying? He enlists the help of his neighborhood friends: the knowledgeable Socrates, the helpful Colonel, the helpful Secretario, and the sea-faring SevenSeas, to help him out. In the end, though, technical knowledge proves only so helpful, and its instinct that must take over. The Story of the Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To...