The cat came in through the broken window, flowing like oily orange smoke, claws unsheathed, teeth bared.
The Maloneys’ Magical Weatherbox
Nigel Quinlan
The cat came in through the broken window, flowing like oily orange smoke, claws unsheathed, teeth bared.
The Maloneys’ Magical Weatherbox
Nigel Quinlan
It seemed that the show-off cat had been telling the truth; she really was working for the government.
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop
Kate Saunders

“I am ashamed when I think that I called such a cat a goblin,” he thought. “Why, she is more virtuous than a priest.”
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Elizabeth Coatsworth


By the Queen and her court, what kind of a name is Bubbles for a creature like this? Lucifer or Bloodclaw Reddifang would be more appropriate.
Diary of a Mad Brownie
Bruce Coville

“Life is totally unfair,” he told his pet, who was rubbing up against his leg and purring. “You are nothing but a worthless cat, whose best day is taken up by twenty-three and a half hours of naps, while I am richer than rich and want to do things you can’t even imagine. But you get to have nine lives, and I get only one.”
The 9 Lives of Alexander Baddenfield
John Bemelmans Marciano

When we got to the kids’ area, I grabbed a couple of baseball books from the shelves in the sports section. I knew right where they were because I always checked to see if they’d gotten any new ones. I love 796.357. That was their Dewey decimal number.
Punished!
David Lubar



Kenna says I’ll do the right thing, but I don’t know what that is. Wrestlers are supposed to be strong, and fearless, but I’m eleven. This is way bigger than I am
Takedown
Laura Shovan
