Ghost Cat

by Beverly Butler

Book Overview

Visiting for the first time on the family farm with relatives she doesn't quite feel comfortable around, fourteen-year-old Annabel gradually unravels a mystery involving a crying cat, an abandoned... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590434438
• ISBN13: 9780590434430
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

change from the norm

I'll start out by admitting that Ghost Cat is one of my favourite books. It's got a nice mix of emotions, from suspense to sadness to joy, and while in some parts the things that happen are rather "out there", the way they are written makes them almost believable. Annabel, the protagonist, faces an internal battle of emotions, towards her mother and her new boyfriend, as well as the relatives she never knew existed that are keeping her for the summer.As an animal lover, Annabel feels more welcome with the cowardly farm dog, Ricky, than she does with her relatives, although she does sympathize with Old Pa, the old man in his eighties or nineties that Aunt Lil bosses around and embarrasses like a child.Throughout the book, Butler spurs our own emotions as well - we feel what Annabel is going through, as the feeling of being the odd one out is so familiar to most of us. An excellent read that I highly reccommend.

A good book

Ghost Cat was written by Beverly Butler. The publisher was Scholastic Books. It was a mystery and it had 189 pages. The main character was Annabel. She is thirteen years old but thinks that she is tall for her age. Her personality is adventurous. She gets herself into tight spots a lot. She likes to eat. The story takes place in the summer of an unknown modern year. Annabel is spending the summer in Canada with family. She's in the countryside in a house. The story begins with Annabel meeting her cousins. The problem is that they heard half of a story about Julia Craig, a school teacher from many years back who disappeared. Early in the morning, Annabel woke up, went outside to the forest and saw a ghost of a cat. Annabel and her cousins end up going to the Craig cottage. Her cousin Michael found some negatives and developed them. They found out that Annabel was related to Julia Craig. When her uncle found out what they were doing, they were busted. They went on a picnic and they ended up at the Craig cottage again. Her cousin Todd broke his ankle. Julia Craig was haunting Annabel and Annabel told Julia that her daughter was dead. They were found by her uncle in the attic and he got help. Her great grandpa, also known as Old Pa, died when the roof collapsed. They found Julia's bones and buried her. The next day she buried the bones of the cat and her mom came to visit. Mom's boyfriend got her a kitten. I liked the book because it was about a cat. It's a good book because it leaves you hanging on the edge and wanting to know what comes next. It was interesting and I would recommend this book to everybody because it's a good book. If I had to rate the book on a scale of one to ten, I would give it an eight because I have read better books.