Kat Got Your Tongue

by Lee Weatherly

Book Overview

After a terrible car accident, Kat wakes up with no idea who she is, and no memory of anything before the crash. She doesn't even recognize her mum, much less her friends from school--Poppy, Jade, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385751176
• ISBN13: 9780385751179
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Kat is hit by a car. All she remembers is a bang and a circle of staring faces. An ambulance takes her to the hospital where they determine she has amnesia. After a few days of observation in the hospital, Kat returns home. It may be home, but she doesn't recognize a thing. Not her mother, her mother's boyfriend, her house, her room - nothing. Everyone tries to be understanding, but it is not easy for anyone. Dr. Perrin, a psychologist, tries to get to the bottom of the problem and suggests it might be related to something with no connection to the accident. That doesn't really help Kat. All she knows is that her closet is full of clothes she never remembers wearing, everyone calls her Kathy and that doesn't seem right, and her mother seems desperate for her to remember something, anything. When it is no longer reasonable to stay at home, Kat returns to school. Instead of finding familiar faces or help in recalling her past, she is met by strange looks and rude behavior. Jade and Poppy, who were supposedly her best friends before the accident, are suddenly teasing and taunting her. They seem to know about some terrible thing Kat did before the accident, and they are making her life miserable. Author Lee Weatherly tells Kat's story from two perspectives. Chapters alternate between Kat's description of her current situation and journal entries from before the accident when Kat was known as Kathy by her friends and family. Readers will keep turning pages as their curiosity grows. What terrible thing did Kat do and will she ever regain her past? Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"

A wonderful story of survival and mystery.

Lee Weatherby's KAT GOT YOUR TONGUE tells of a girl with amnesia - and the troubles she faces in not even knowing who her old friends were. Kathy feels she's a stranger in her own life - and feels there's a secret being kept which endangers her. KAT GOT YOUR TONGUE is a wonderful story of survival and mystery.

Pure genius

This book is beautifully written, with a wonderful theme that really gives food for thought. I don't want to give away the great story yet Lee Weatherly weaves such a great matrix that you will be happy and amazed at how she brings it all together like a beautiful recital. I sobbed my heart out. Lee Weatherly just gets better and better.