title: B: The Tale of the Halloween Cat
author: D.L. Luke
description: From the first generation inspired by the heroes in the movie Star Wars, D. L. Luke, also known as Diana Denner was born in New York City, in 1965. A published short-story writer, painter, and former printer, Denner earned a free education and graduated in 1993 from The New School in New York City with a Bachelors of Arts in Fiction Writing and American Literature. She received the Margarita G. Smith award for a short story in 1993 and in 1994 she won the Pen &amp; Brush award for a first draft childrens book. At the time she attended school, Denner had lived in Hoboken New Jersey (from 1987 until 1994) when B, the main character of the book, a stray black cat, appeared in her backyard. She adopted and loved Bernard for the rest of his life. A recipient of the New York Press Association third place award for a feature article in 2005, Denner pursued a career in journalism, writing for newspapers in the capitol district and Finger Lakes region and is editor for empirepage.com website New York State Watch. When Denner is not hiking, reading, writing, enjoying the great outdoors, she takes care of her dog, Jesse, and her cat, Johnny, in their home in Troy.
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  For Mum, for putting up with us both.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## **Contents**
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One: Under Attack!](../Text/ch01.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Two: A Little Data Cube](../Text/ch02.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Three: Slightly Fuzzy](../Text/ch03.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Four: A Brief Overload](../Text/ch04.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Five: Out of Order](../Text/ch05.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Six: Search & Destroy](../Text/ch06.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Seven: Big Trouble](../Text/ch07.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Eight: Terrible Danger](../Text/ch08.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [**Chapter One  
  
  
  Under Attack!**
  
  
  
  
  
  The first thing Luke saw when he came home from school was the message Mum had
  left on the wall-screen of their quarters. It was the usual stuff – she would
  be late yet again, please sort out the dinner, make sure you do your homework,
  boring, boring, blah, blah, blah.
  
  
  
  
  
  Luke sighed. Life on the United Earth Spaceship _Buzz Aldrin_ wasn’t a bundle
  of laughs, especial