Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
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Leonard (My Life as a Cat)

Written by Carlie Sorosiak
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8 - 12
Reading age
256
Page count
175
Words per page
680L
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Apr 12, 2022
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He’s not a stray house cat, he’s an immortal being. And now he must choose whether to return to his planet or remain with his new human friend in a humorous, heart-tugging story from the author of I, Cosmo. The cat that Olive rescues from a flood has a secret: he’s not really a cat at all, but an alien who crashed to Earth on a beam of light. The cat, whom Olive names Leonard, was prepared to visit the planet as a human–but something went wrong. Now Leonard may never know what it’s like to hold an umbrella, go bowling, or host a dinner party. (And his human jokes still need some work: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Just Leonard. It is me.) While Olive worries about whether she will have to move after her mom and her new boyfriend get back from their summer vacation, Leonard tries to figure out how to get from South Carolina to Yellowstone National Park, because if he’s not there at the end of the month, he’ll miss his ride home. But as Olive teaches Leonard about the beautiful and confusing world of humans, he starts to realize how much he cares about this particular one. A sweet and dryly funny story about what it means to be human–and what it means to be home.

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aliens and extraterrestrial beingscatsfamilymultigenerationalgirlsself-discoveryfriendshipoutsidersidentity

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781536225815
    Publication Date
    April 12, 2022
    Publisher
    Walker Books Us
    Original Publication Date
    September 3, 2020
    Page Count
    256
    Words Per Page
    175
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lexile® Level
    680L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.2
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    511531
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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