Just Kitten Around

Book #2 in the Bodega Cats series

An anxious girl and her mischievous kitten navigate unexpected adventures in New York City.

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160 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Yesenia, an anxious girl overshadowed by her perfect sisters, finds unexpected companionship in Candy, a mischievous kitten. As Yesenia struggles with her nerves, Candy's adventurous spirit leads them into the bustling streets of New York City. When Candy gets lost, both must confront their fears and discover if they can find their way back to each other. Can this unlikely duo overcome their challenges and find solace in their friendship?

From the publisher

In the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about the friendship between a bodega owner’s anxious kid and her newly-adopted mischievous kitten.Everyone thinks Yesenia is calm, collected, and crushing it. But really, her stomach is constantly a ball of nerves. With parents who left their home in the Dominican Republic to make a better life for their kids, and three perfect, over-achieving older sisters, Yesenia can’t let anyone know about the anxiety that’s causing her to fall behind in school. When her doctor tells her parents that taking care of an animal could help, little did they know her newly adopted kitten would be such a mischievous influence. All kitten Candy can think about is adventure-and what’s she supposed to do when her owner is cooped up inside helping at the bodega? But when Candy escapes and gets lost in New York City for a night, she realizes maybe the big open world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Can these two find a way out of feeling so lost, as long they’re together?

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