Betsy K Stoutmorrill

The Cat-of-a-Lifetime Mystery Betsy K Stoutmorrill

Get Cat has lived a wild and free life as a feral kitty until he faces a challenge too big to handle on his own. Can he risk his freedom by asking a human boy, Billy Bob Simon who has Tourette Syndrome, to help him solve the mystery of Animal Control and save his friends trapped inside?These two heroes find more than friendship when they team up with the other diverse characters. Clumsy, brainiac Calvin Jamie is the first to join the heroes and is thrilled to discover that Get Cat can talk to Billy Bob Simon. Hardly David struggles, along with his mom and Gram, with the death of first his father and then his grandfather. His anger over having to move out of his family home because of financial issues boils over when his see a new kid living in Gram's home. Samantha Darlene Genevieve, known as Smudge, knows life's challenges as a foster child until she comes to live with her aunt and great-uncle and moves into Hardley David's old home. Smudge and Hardley David meet as adversaries, but find they have more in common than they think. This unlikely group bands together when they literally climb into action to help Get Cat save his friends. NOTE FOR PARENTS and TEACHERS: 100 high-level, high-interest Vocabulary Builder words are included in the story to boost word knowledge. An extensive glossary and five activities are provided.