SuitabookSearching for a missing cat
Sammy searches for Dorito and discovers three dead cats in dumpsters around town.
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Wendelin Van Draanen - Author
A mystery-adventure centred on Sammy’s search for her missing cat, amid disturbing discoveries, school hostility, an intimidating warning and a destabilising revelation about her age.
IT'S SAMMY'S BIRTHDAY, which should be a good thing, except that Heather, Sammy's arch enemy, turns out to be her star sister. And El Gato, the creepy new student at Slammin' Dave's Pro Wrestling School, keeps hissing at Sammy to stay away. And Dorito, Sammy's cat, is missing, and while Sammy's searching for him, she finds three dead cats in dumpsters around town. And as if that weren't gross enough, Miss Kitty, a psycho cat lady, blames Sammy when it turns out one of the dead cats belonged to her. And then last, but certainly not least, Lady Lana, Sammy's mom, confesses that she lied about Sammy's age so she could start her in school a year early. So--surprise!--Sammy isn't turning 14 at all, she's going to have to be unlucky 13 for another whole year! Better luck next year, Sammy. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA mystery-adventure centred on Sammy’s search for her missing cat, amid disturbing discoveries, school hostility, an intimidating warning and a destabilising revelation about her age.
Sammy searches for Dorito and discovers three dead cats in dumpsters around town.
Heather is Sammy’s arch enemy; El Gato warns her away; and Miss Kitty blames her when one dead cat is identified.
Sammy’s mother reveals that she lied about Sammy’s age, meaning Sammy is thirteen rather than nearly fourteen and began school early.
Consider whether the reader is comfortable with dead animals, a threatening warning, blame from an unsettling cat owner, and a parent’s deception about the protagonist’s age.
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