Cat-Man's Daughter

by Barbara Abercrombie

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Kate is kidnapped by her grandmother in an attempt to make her divorced parents consider Kate's welfare instead of their own. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060200308
• ISBN13: 9780060200305
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9

Customer Reviews

Amazing Story

This was an amazing book, and im not a big reader either! I am alot like the main character Kate, and I just found this story, excellent, amuzing, fabulous, and so much more!You really couldn't guess what was going to happen next, and I loved that about this book, I just couldn't put it down.Now I'm scared I'll never be able to find a book to measure up to Cat-Mans daughter, that I won't get bored stiff with.It was an amazing book, im 13 so I recomend it for anyone really. It's good reading for all ages, and has a great ending, and really interesting chracters.

A lovely find

I stumbled across this book in my public library a few years ago, and have reread it several times. Each time I read it, I'm delighted once again by the warmth and charm of the writing. Cat-Man's Daughter is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl, Kate, who is forever being shuttled between her divorced parents who live on opposite coasts of the country. The parents try everything to make the transitions easy for her--except getting along. Kate wishes they would stop sniping at each other and treat her like an adult. The only person she can really confide in is her grandmother, who has a habit of taking in people who need a place to stay. Together, Kate and her grandmother make a drastic attempt to bring Kate's parents' attention to their daughter's future instead of their own sniping.Normally I don't care for books written in the present tense, but Barbara Abercrombie uses this device to involve us personally in the lives of her characters. This is not an earth-shattering novel, or one of my all-time favorites, but if it finds you at the right moment you will love this story about the value of civility and respecting children.