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It's Like This, Cat
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It's Like This, Cat Paperback - 2019

by Emily Cheney Neville; Emil Weiss (Illustrator)

"The thoughts, feelings, and activities of an adolescent boy in contemporary New York City, perceptively revealed in a skillfully written narrative".--Booklist.--The New York Times. 1964 Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Books 1940-1970.


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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 fighting sets off his mother's 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 people--like 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 don't 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 educational--especially when it's one like Cat.

First line

My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy.

From the rear cover

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, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat. It isn't long before Cat introduces Dave to Mary, a wonderful girl from Coney Island. Slowly Dave comes to see the complexities in people's lives and to understand himself and his family a little better.

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  • Title It's Like This, Cat
  • Author Emily Cheney Neville; Emil Weiss (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 172
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York
  • Date 2019-04-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780064400732 / 0064400735
  • Weight 0.27 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.82 x 5.31 x 0.66 in (19.86 x 13.49 x 1.68 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 810
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), City and town life - New York (State) - New
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 62021292
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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