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“Super, twisted, MEOWful.”
Reading age
8-12
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
05 Jan 2021
Publication date
Random House USA Inc
Have you wanted to meet a superhero or be a superhero? What if you thought someone was a great superhero, but then it turns out he’s a villain?
My brief summary of the book
Katie wants to be at camp with her friends, but she has to make money for it. She tried many things to gain money, like babysitting or catsitting. Nothing worked at first until a woman found her flyer and asked her to catsit 217 cats! Strange things are happening in the city. A villain called Mousetress is attacking the city. Will Katie save the day?
My thoughts
217 cats are masterminds; They can hack, draw, do Taekwondo, and all sorts of other things. I wish my cats were that smart. Mochi runs away from her cat-toy soccer ball. And Waffles is clumsy and makes everything fall. I like this book because the cats are intelligent and can do many great things. But sometimes, I find the book too quickly, and suddenly, it’s too slow, like a rollercoaster.
My rating
About the author
“Colleen AF Venable is the author of the National Book Award Nominated graphic novel Kiss #8 and is making her middle-grade debut with Katie the Catsitter. Colleen is a lifetime comic fan and has designed numerous award-winning graphic novels at First-Second books. She’s also is an avid rollerskater, animal rescuer, and once started a national holiday (true story). Colleen lives in Brooklyn, NY with her two pet rabbits.
Stephanie Yue grew up in Atlanta, Beijing, and Hong Kong. She’s a lifetime comic fan and martial artist (with a black belt in Kung Fu) and travels the world by motorbike. Stephanie was the colorist for the megahit, industry-changing, Smile by Raina Telgemeier and Katie is her debut as a middle-grade graphic novel illustrator. Stephanie currently divides her time between Boston and Hong Kong, where she’s working on the second Katie.” – Book Depository.
More by the author
- Katie the Catsitter Book 2: Best Friends for Never
