num_pages: 288
description: When a stray cat started visiting her garden the last thing Julia needed was another addition to her household. For Julia already had her hands full with her son George who suffered from autism. Quiet and withdrawn ten-year-old George appeared lost in his own world upset by the slightest change in his routine and unable to make friends with other children.But George wasnt scared by the little black-and-white visitor; instead his face lit up at the sight of him and before long George was inseparable from his new friend Ben. It was the miracle Julia had been hoping for; George began to play with Ben and create stories about their adventures together excitedly recounting them at tea-time. For Julia it was a magical way to communicate with her son and Ben had made it possible. Thats why when Ben went missing Julia knew she had to do everything in her power to bring him homeCaptivating uplifting and geniunely touching A Friend Like Ben is a remarkable true story of the extraordinary devotion and empathy between a little boy and his cat and a mother's determination to make her son happy again.You see Ben's not just a cat - he is George's window onto the world the key to the door which unlocks him. Call me daft but Ben is like my second son so I had to find him when he went missing. Because if not I was more scared than I can say that I would never see the light in George's eyes again. There was only one way to make sure it came back: I had to bring Ben home.  Julia
language: English
title: The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas- How a Cat Brought a Family the Gift of Love
publisher: Plume