Tails of the Bronx A Tale of the Bronx Author:Jill Pinkwater Is the neighborhood witch stealing everyone's cats? "Loretta Bernstein, age ten, African-American and Jewish, seizes this book on the first page and, with her friends, runs with it. . . . A funny, suspenseful, and sometimes touching story that includes an affecting message on the plight of the homeless."--School Library Journal.