Safe for Life

Dylan and Red Tabby #2

by Katherine Reynolds

SAFE FOR LIFE is the eagerly awaited sequel to the award-winning children's adventure novel BORN TO DANCE. Dylan de Polka, the tap-dancing star of the Happy Days Circus, and his worldly-wise feline friend, Red Tabby, take on the ruthless Jago Reaver and his villainous sidekick, Frankie, who are intent on stealing the circus animals' much-loved home, Great Park. As the troupe waves off the newly married Ringmaster Chia and Madame Lulu Bombazine on their honeymoon, an ominous black balloon casts a menacing shadow over the cheerful scene. Great Park's owner, Lord Stomper, goes missing in mysterious circumstances, and the animals find themselves in grave peril. Before their home and their hopes are destroyed, the troupe must somehow foil the villains' cunning plot. Can they succeed in rescuing Lord Stomper, saving Great Park and reuniting the Happy Days Circus? Can they ever be safe for life?

322 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

About the author

Writing was my first love, but an interest in film-making steered me in a different direction. Along with a good friend, I founded a London-based film company - editing and producing award-winning TV drama and documentaries. Our projects took me to Italy, Greece, India and then to Canada where I met and married a Canadian actor, Michael J. Reynolds and we settled in Toronto.

Working between Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, I created and produced TV series for children; worked on scripts for television and film; and wrote extensively for various magazines. For ten years, I was the Contributing Editor of 'Britannia' - a North-American magazine celebrating the British way of life. Later, I founded and and edited a popular monthly newsletter/magazine for the television series Coronation Street's many overseas fans .

In 1998, Michael and I returned to the UK to live near our growing family. Here in Somerset, the green, rolling hills and sweeping skies worked their magic,
and so the Dylan and Red Tabby stories were born...