My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat. Dave Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack. That's when Dave storms out of the house. Then Dave meets Tom,
It's Like This, Cat
โ Scribed by Emily Cheney Neville
- Book ID
- 100578249
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 1963
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0064400735
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โฆ Synopsis
The Newbery-winning classic novel about a young New Yorker who figures out the world on his own terms with the help of one prickly tomcat, for readers who enjoy such books as Al Capone Does My Shirts and Hoot.
Dave Mitchell and his father disagree on almost everythingand every time their fighting sets off his mothers asthma, Dave ends up storming out of the house. But when Dave meets a big, handsome tomcat, he decides to bring him home, no matter what his father has to say about it.
With adventure-loving Cat around, Dave meets lots of new peoplelike Tom, a young dropout on his own in the city, and Mary, the first girl he can talk to like a real person.
And as his eyes open to those around him, Dave starts to understand his father a little better. They still dont see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but there is one thing they can both agree on: Having a cat can be very educationalespecially when its one like Cat.
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**The Newbery-winning classic novel about a young New Yorker who figures out the world on his own terms with the help of one prickly tomcat, for readers who enjoy such books as Al Capone Does My Shirts and Hoot.** Dave Mitchell and his father disagree on almost everything--and every time their figh
"Superb. The best junior novel I've ever read about big-city life." -- _The New York Times_. After another fight with Pop, 14-year-old Dave storms out of their apartment and nearly gets hit by a car. Kate, the local cat lady, comes to the rescue, and Dave returns home with an ally: Cat, the stray