title: Shayan's Tale
author:  Sophie Kittredge 
description: Sophie was inspired to write and illustrate Shayan's Tale by her beloved dog Joe, an abused dog she rescued from a New York-area shelter after the 9/11 terror attacks. Sophie also drew on her own globe-trotting childhood traveling the world with her family and dogs as a US Foreign Service dependent. After growing up in half a dozen countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Sophie graduated from art school in northwest London with a degree in illustration. After working as a children's book illustrator in England, she moved to New York city, where she split her time between illustration and painting for animation studios. Sophie now lives in the South Carolina Lowcountry with her husband, two dogs and a cat.
zlib_text: **JEAN SAUNDERS**
  
   _ **The Bannister Girls**_
  
  >  **Contents**
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
   _Chapter 11_
  
   _Chapter 12_
  
   _Chapter 13_
  
   _Chapter 14_
  
   _Chapter 15_
  
   _Chapter 16_
  
   _Chapter 17_
  
   _Chapter 18_
  
   _Chapter 19_
  
   _Chapter 20_
  
   _Chapter 21_
  
   _Chapter 22_
  
   _Chapter 23_
  
   _Chapter 24_
  
   _Chapter 25_
  
   _Chapter 26_
  
   _Chapter 27_
  
  A Note on the Author
  
  >  _ **Chapter 1**_
  
  The girls from the old pickle factory, now patriotically changed over to
  munitions, swore colourfully in the sudden downpour of rain glossing the
  streets as smoothly as sugar icing on a bun. Angel Bannister tried not to
  notice their jostling as she splashed along in her high-button boots, trying
  to avoid the puddles. The cold March wind had freshened, whipping against her
  cheeks and catching her breath.
  
  Her skirt clung to her ankles as her overnight bag slipped in her grasp, and
  she wrenche