The Friendly Firecat is the second book in the Cosmic Creatures series about a girl named Charlie, her family, and her best friend Random, a robot. They came to Earth to live on the planet Vela (on the other side of the universe) to colonize it and learn about its plants and animals. In the first book, Charlie and the colony find and deal with a situation from the Rumblebears.

This time, she and her brother visit their aunt on the far side of the planet and meet firecats! After a stampede from the cats, Charlie finds a kitten left behind. On her way to locate the rest, she discovers animal kidnappers and tries not to get kidnapped herself!

The Friendly Firecat is an exciting story and gives me enough cats to make me happy. The Cosmic Creatures books are similar to Holly Webb’s Pet Rescue stories, except these are “alien” animals, which makes them unique and fun to learn about! The story is easy for me to read and understand and will appeal to both boys and girls.