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Dustbin Cat (2010)

by Ingrid Lee(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1906427534 (ISBN13: 9781906427535)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Chicken House

review 1: Recommended for gr. 4-8. There are 2 scenes of cats giving birth, one including a stillborn kitten, and the other giving birth while dying, which could be disturbing to younger children (otherwise I would have said it would be ok for cat-loving third graders).The story was somewhat predictable with somewhat cliched characters, but young animal lovers will like it. The town's feral cat colony is in danger from gun-toting civilians, and young Billy must fight to save the pregnant stray he has adopted with the help of some misfit older teens.My paperback copy has a different cover, showing a bedraggled adult cat. I don't think either of the cats fit the description of Billy's Conga, but they do a good job of depicting an uncared-for stray.
review 2: Decent enou... moregh book. I think the writing was really good. The characters however...Great interesting supporting characters that really didn't shine in their 'roles'. I would have loved to have gotten to know them better.And the father. 100 pages into this book, I was wondering if this would ever have a happy ending, as the only way for that to happen would be for the father and townspeople to come around. Not 5 pages later, the author must have felt that way, too, as some ridiculous thing happened that made Billy's father 'finally see the errors of his ways'. I totally didn't buy that. Book was verging on a 4.5 star for me, and dropped to a solid 3. So many better ways that could have been handled. less

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