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The Adventures of Phatty and Payaso is a nonstop adventure novel about friendship, kindness, and true character. This mix-matched group of friends takes on a villain while traversing through one of the greatest parks in the country, Central Park. They overcome obstacles, fears, and insecurities while realizing that with kindness, true character, and the right attitude, together, they can and will conquer anything.

Phatty, the cat, loves nothing more than spending his days balanced atop his favorite chair gazing out his windows at Central Park below. Everything is simply fan-tabby-lous until one day when the meanest hawk in the park lands on his terrace and makes a terrifying announcement that he is coming for Phatty and his furry little friends. When Phatty decides he is tired of being a scaredy-cat, he jumps into a laundry bag and escapes to Central Park to stop Crawler the bully hawk once and for all. 

But his unplanned operation goes horribly wrong when he finds himself alone and lost in the park. When his best friend, Payaso, realizes his partner in crime is missing, he teams up with several animals to find Phatty. As the band of furry pals set out on a hilarious journey, they quickly realize that it they put aside their differences and work together, it might just be enough to save a loveable undercat – and each other.