While the Cat's away: No.25 (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch S.) - Softcover

Natural Disaster! When an inter-realm hurricane traps Drell on the wrong side of the linen closet, his powers are temporarily on the blitz. While he waits for them to return, Sabrina covers for him in exchange for a Heart's Desire chip. But when Salem swallows it and morphs into a human form, it's goodbye Mystery Meat Mix, hello teenage boy! Now Sabrina must hide Salem until she figures out how to return him into his feline form. She takes him to the only place a teenage boy can go unnoticed -- high school. But the failed despot in Salem soon takes over the school! Sabrina can't stand Salem like this. But can she turn him back before the inter-relm hurricane clears and Drell returns to the Other Realm?

Margot Batrae is the author of twenty-one books for young readers, including mysteries, romances, soap operas, and adventure stories. She wrote her first novel at the age of twenty-three. Four of her books have been on bestseller lists. She also writes for adults and teaches fiction writing.

Margot loved books about witchcraft, magic, and enchanted beings when she was a child and she's very glad to be writing about a witch now -- especially one with as good a wardrobe as Sabrina! Two of Margot's favorite books for young readers are The Pushcart Wars by Jean Merrill and Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. Margot lives in New York City, where she was born and raised. She has studied ballet for many years and used to be a modern dancer.

Margot's first cat, Rosie, was a very dark calico who had been abandoned at the vet's office at the age of seventeen (over one hundred in human years). "I'd never had a cat before," Margot says, "but I knew this one was special, and she really needed me. I just had to take her home." Rosie died two years later, after lots of love and attention. Today, Margot has two cats. Snaporaz, a black tuxedo cat, belonged to a friend who moved away. She found Tigerlily, a super-friendly, mostly white calico, living on the streets of New York. They are best pals. Margot says, "I didn't get my first pet until I was over thirty years old. Now, I wouldn't be without one!"