Heal My Crazy - Kathryn Catania - Bog

"Black cats are not as everyone believes them to be. They are not unlucky; they are lucky. Black cats are lucky...until they die. Once they die, they give you a year of nothing but bad luck. The weird thing about my cat is that he always seems to be the same one, and yet this can't be true. In truth it is safer not to own a black cat. But in my world, they become your protectors, and every girl is given one on their thirteenth birthday - at least in my family..."- from "Black Cats"