Cathy's Ring: If Found, Please Call 650-266-8263

By Jordan Weisman, Sean Stewart, Jordan K. Weisman

Book Overview

Cathy Vickers cannot manage to find more than a few days of rest in her hectic (and mortal) life--she barely has time to put the mystery surrounding her father to rest before she finds herself targeted by a group of Ancestor Lu's professional killers Recognizing she is a serious threat to everyone in her life, Cathy makes plans to leave town. But her friends Emma, Pete, Victor, and, surprisingly, Jun, unite to convince Cathy that they must finish Lu off once and for all to have any chance at a life of peace--mortal or immortal. Meanwhile--unbeknownst to Cathy--Victor has made the ultimate sacrifice with the hope that mortality will bring him closer to a normal relationship with Cathy. But when Victor is seriously wounded and Cathy finds herself attracted to another mortal with similar feelings for her, Cathy's world turns upside down and she is forced to make a decision about her future with Victor. What will Cathy decide, and how will her epic battle with the immortal ancestor Lu play out? Find out in the newest adventure-packed installment of the Cathy trilogy, now available in paperback

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762436751
• ISBN13: 9780762436750
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Running Press Kids
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

These books are so cool and perfect for the average teen. The whole series is funny, and the diary approach to the book is perfect. Reading Cathy's comments that were written on the edges of the pages, or the drawings are fun and add a great touch to the story. Loved it, and recommend it to all young adults!

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

What happens when you meet the man of your dreams and he is immortal? I don't mean vampire immortal, but really immortal, with super-strength. That is what Cathy has found out about the two most important men in her life. That they are a part of the Immortals. After her last adventure, Cathy realizes that she is putting all of her friends, and her mother, in danger. She has to leave. So, after a fiasco trying to raise money, Cathy convinces Denny to get her out of town. Her friends don't want her to go and they all decide to take out Ancestor Lu. How to do it? Well, I don't want to give away the adventure but this book rocks. It wraps up the trilogy in fine style. I like the cultural references and the drawings. This is a well-written series and fun to read! Reviewed by: Marta Morrison

An Adventure That Will Leave Readers Gasping

There are never any easy solutions in the life of Cathy Vickers. After all, what does a girl do when she has a boyfriend who is immortal, a group of people trying to kill her, and another girl who has taken her identity? From the minute she walked into my life Jewel had been nothing but trouble. An ex-con named Denny (Jewel's wayward but good-intentioned brother) has risked his life for Cathy. Her best friend Em (techno-geek girl) is trying to protect her and re-make a fortune. And her father is supposed to be dead but isn't really because he is an immortal, so Cathy has to keep this secret from her unsuspecting mother. This seems to add up to one plan: going into hiding --- most especially after she spends a night listening to the sounds of people being murdered right outside her window. When she sees the three bodies the next morning, she goes into "flight" mode. Now she knows for certain that Ancestor Lu (the Immortal) will stop at nothing to get to her, including probably murdering all her friends and family. Enough is enough already. Once you make up your mind to disappear (she's done this before), there are practical matters to consider. First, she can't just tell anybody, but perhaps she can leave a vague note for her mom. Putting together her plan, she's going to: * Need some cash (sell some of her dad's paintings) * Not tell Victor (he will try to track her --- and besides, he doesn't really love her) * Not tell Em (she will try to divert her with another brilliant business plan) * Get Denny to drive her with the ruse of getting to Jewel (she does need her identity back) * Find a way to destroy Ancestor Lu (maybe the serum?) Cathy imagines her life with Denny --- he's the auto mechanic and she's the cheeky waitress working in some diner with a name like Flapjack Ranch. She could finally live without worrying about Victor or immortals or her mysterious father. She rationalizes several other things, nimbly sketching in her diary her version of herself as "Hamburger Girl - Cathy Sue," one of her alter egos. Cathy doesn't lose her sense of the absurd, not for a minute. And of course, even as she leaves to get into Denny's car, she is an artist extraordinaire, always caring about important details: I stopped in the bathroom to brush my hair because an artist never stops thinking about how she looks. The best-laid plans can go awry, and that's exactly what happens. Denny sees through her elaborate ruse and leads her back to a pancake house where "the gang" (Emma, Pete and Victor) wait. Cathy reacts with a flood of pent-up emotion: Relief flooded into me. Relief and tearful gratitude and dizzy, knee-buckling joy. My body started to shake and I was crying after all, crying without tears, and for the first time in what felt like forever the crushing cloud of loneliness thinned a little and a ray of sunshine came in. Maybe my life wouldn't be a short, lonely, desperate chase with a brutal end after all. The flood of eup

From Nona at J. Kaye's Book Blog

CATHY'S RING is book three of the IF FOUND CALL 650-266-8202 series. In the previous books we discovered Victor, Cathy's boyfriend was immortal and Jewel killed Tsao with the aid of a poison serum. This serum makes immortals mortal. In this latest book, Cathy has another enemy to contend with when she finds three dead bodies. They were assassins sent by Ancestor Lu to kill her. She knows too much about the immortals and therefore poses a threat. Cathy and her friends are going to have to figure out a way to kill Ancestor Lu, before he kills Cathy. Like the previous books, CATHY'S RING contains lot of beautiful artwork throughout the pages. And though I do love that part, the story is loaded with suspense. So much more happens in the continuing saga of Cathy and her friends, Emma, Pete, and Victor. This is a series that is best read in order. Here's the list: CATHY'S BOOK CATHY'S KEY CATHY'S RING