It's Like This Cat Author:Emily Neville This is a Newberry award winning book recommended for 10-14 year old children. The back begins: — My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat. — David Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack..... — Then... more » Dave meets tom, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat...
"A rare reading experience...The author knows the language of a New York boy in the same sense that Mark Twain knew the talk of a Mississippi River one."