Bibliograph

The cat at the wall, Deborah Ellis

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The cat at the wall, Deborah Ellis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The cat at the wall

Oclc number

872944276

Responsibility statement

Deborah Ellis

Summary

A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do?

Target audience

juvenile

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