Wild Cat
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2009 · Est. 5 hour read

Wild Cat

By Dandi Daley Mackall

Book #3 in the Starlight Animal Rescue series

Kat has two weeks to prove herself worthy of adoption, but challenges at school and the animal rescue test her limits.

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224 pages· 34,197 words· Est. 5 hour read
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Twelve-year-old Kat feels the pressure to prove herself worthy of adoption by her foster family. With only two weeks, she faces obstacles at Starlight Animal Rescue and a demanding school project. As she takes on the role of 'cat shrink' for her classmates' pets, Kat wonders if her efforts will lead to success or overwhelming failure. Can she find her place in a world where animals and people alike seek belonging?

From the publisher

I haven’t done anything with my life. . . . I need to do something . . . like Mom and Dad and Hank do all the time. And I need to do it now. Meet 12-year-old Kat–short for Katharine. She thinks she has two weeks to do something worthy of being adopted by her wonderful foster family. But cancer, medicine, and the older kids at Starlight Animal Rescue make it difficult for Kat to really help out around the farm. On top of that, she’s just started junior high and has to work on a project with the most popular–and demanding–girl in her class. When Kat accepts the role of “cat shrink” for her classmates’ pets, could her success . . . or failure . . . be more than she can handle? Starlight Animal Rescue: Where problem horses are trained and loved, where abandoned dogs become heroes, where stray cats become loyal companions. And where people with nowhere to fit in find a place to belong.

At a glance
Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
224
Words
34,197
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~549L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.6
F&P level
~N
AR points
5
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
129350
Publication
Published
February 1, 2009
First published
January 23, 2009
Publisher
Tyndale Kids
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781414312705

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