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Narrative Type
Fiction
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12
ISBN
9781681156033

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Behrman House, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1681156032
ISBN-13
9781681156033
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18057278176

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unexpected Adventures of C. A. T.
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy & Magic, Animals / Cats, General, Religious / Jewish
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes, Loman, Sam
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Author
Johanna Hurwitz
Format
Picture Book

Dimensions

Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2022-033375
Reviews
Chil­dren who love their cats will be delight­ed by the premise of Johan­na Hurwitz's new nov­el. Chaya Ann Tober not only has ini­tials that spell out her favorite ani­mal, but she also empathizes with them to the point of com­plete iden­ti­fi­ca­tion. When she acci­den­tal­ly expe­ri­ences a strange meta­mor­pho­sis, she con­firms her sus­pi­cion that her feline friends are under­ap­pre­ci­at­ed by humans. The adven­ture proves that peo­ple and cats both need compassion. Hur­witz encour­ages read­ers to recon­sid­er the assump­tion of Chaya's friend that it's "bet­ter to be a fourth grad­er than a cat." Less cen­tered on char­ac­ter devel­op­ment and more on improb­a­ble events with unex­pect­ed con­se­quences, the nar­ra­tive uses humor in its com­par­isons of species. One clever and refresh­ing ele­ment of the sto­ry is its word­play. Not only do "cat's cra­dle" and "cat­nip" make appear­ances, but so do the less obvi­ous "cat­a­stro­phe," "cat­a­lyst," and "cat­a­log." Chaya also works her obses­sion with cats into her oth­er inter­ests, as when she plays the clar­inet solo asso­ci­at­ed with Ivan the cat in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Chaya is Jew­ish, and her fam­i­ly is obser­vant. This part of her iden­ti­ty is nice­ly inte­grat­ed into the sto­ry and pre­sent­ed in a nat­ur­al and unas­sum­ing way. Chaya describes how to play Scrab­ble on Shab­bat with­out keep­ing a writ­ten score sheet and offers appeal­ing details about Fri­day night's tra­di­tion­al meal. She also relates how food from dif­fer­ent cul­tures can be pre­pared accord­ing to the rules of kashrut. But reli­gious obser­vance is not the only indi­ca­tor of Jew­ish cul­ture: her fam­i­ly attends a con­cert by an Israeli musi­cian, which paints a more com­plete pic­ture of who they are. This dimen­sion of the sto­ry is per­fect for read­ers who share Chaya's back­ground, as well as those who are less famil­iar with it. Sam Loman's live­ly pic­tures accom­pa­ny the text, com­ple­ment­ing Hurwitz's first-per­son nar­ra­tion. Chaya's unwa­ver­ing loy­al­ty to cats opens the door to an unusu­al con­flu­ence of worlds, with cats, peo­ple, and Jew­ish iden­ti­ty all intersecting. The Unex­pect­ed Adven­tures of C.A.T. includes a glos­sary of cat vocab­u­lary and a brief biog­ra­phy of the author. --Emily Schneider, The Jewish Book Council
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Third Grade
Grade To
Seventh Grade
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Synopsis
"Opens the door to an unusual confluence of worlds, with cats, people, and Jewish identity all intersecting." --The Jewish Book Council Fourth-grader Chaya Ann Tober loves cats. Even her initials, C.A.T., are perfect for her! She feels so cat-like herself that when her actual cat Ollie, a very picky eater, refuses to eat a mysterious new kind of cat food, she tries to encourage him by tasting a tiny bit of it herself (and finds it, surprisingly, not awful.) That night Chaya has the craziest dream--she dreams she really has become a cat, one with orange fur, the exact color of her own hair. Or is it a dream? Join in the adventures as C.A.T. and her annoying older brother Daniel use some magical food to become cats, prowl their neighborhood at night, prevent a cat-astrophe, and see each other in a whole new light. A purr-fect chapter book for middle grade readers (ages 8-12) who like animals and fantasy adventure, even if they are pickier eaters than C.A.T., "Opens the door to an unusual confluence of worlds, with cats, people, and Jewish identity all intersecting." --The Jewish Book Council Fourth-grader Chaya Ann Tober loves cats. Even her initials, C.A.T., are perfect for her! She feels so cat-like herself that when her actual cat Ollie, a very That night Chaya has the craziest dream--she dreams she really has become a cat, one with orange fur, the exact color of her own hair. Or is it a dream? Join in the adventures as C.A.T. and her annoying older brother Daniel use some magical food to become cats, prowl their neighborhood at night, prevent a cat-astrophe, and see each other in a whole new light. A purr-fect chapter book for middle grade readers (ages 8-12) who like animals and fantasy adventure, even if they are pickier eaters than C.A.T.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.H9574Un 2023

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