It's Like This, Cat

Title:               It’s Like This, Cat
Category:       Juvenile
Grade:            6 - 10
Author:          Emily Neville
Illustrator:      N/A
Publisher:       HarperCollins
Date:               1963
Pages:             180

Summary:     

Fourteen-year-old David Mitchell has a complicated life.  A bellowing father and an asthmatic mother, a best friend who’s suddenly too interested in girls, a friend who’s a delinquent and a girl David’s a little too interested in himself make his New York City home awfully confusing.  Through it all, and often in the middle, is Cat, a stray tomcat David adopted from the local cat lady, Kate. Cat proves himself a confidante, companion, and all too often, a partner in crime in this realistic coming-of-age tale. 

Review:

A quiet read that young teens may enjoy as they struggle with their own emerging adolescence.