It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville; Illustrated by Emil Weiss
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0064400735 ISBN-13:   9780064400732 Publisher:   HarperCollins Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   May 1992 Pages:   176 Format:   Paperback Grades:   5 to 9
Description/Notes
A New York City 14-year-old boy has more in common with his cat than his father. Newberry Medal, 1964. (Best Books for Junior High Readers) A New York City 14-year-old boy has more in common with his cat than his father. (Best Books for Young Teen Readers) 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. Winner, 1964 Newbery Medal Notable Children's Books of 1940-1970 (ALA)