Hunt for the Last Cat

by Justin Denzel

Ten-year-old Thorn feels conflicting loyalties when members of his clan blame his friend Fonn, a girl from a rival clan, for the marauding actions of a man-eating sabertooth cat

Genres: Historical Fiction

191 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1991

About the author

Justin Denzel was an American author of children's and young adult books.
He was born in Clifton, New Jersey in 1917. As a child he showed an early interest in nature that was to reappear later in his books. He worked for some years in Alaska, where he wrote for an Alaskan newspaper. He gave up writing after an unsuccessful attempt to write an adult novel, however when he returned to writing he realized he liked to make short stories and children's novels more.
Many of his books featured nature and animals and tend to have a historical setting.

Reviews

[Faith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thorn faces many problems when an old sabortooth tiger comes and lives in the forest not far from the village. The clan blames Fonn, a girl from the Lake Dwellers clan. Thorn knows Fonn is innocent and not a changeling, but if the old Smilodon isn't killed soon, all the people and creatures will be in danger.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read as part of a unit study on prehistoric man. Interesting plot with Smilodon lurking, although the rabies virus was a bit over the top.