One-Eyed Cat

by Paula Fox

Book Overview

Eleven-year-old Ned shoots a forbidden gun just once and then is haunted by the guilty fear that it may have been his shot that wounded the one-eyed cat. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0027355403
• ISBN13: 9780027355406
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

ONE-EYED CAT

The year is 1935. Ned Wallis is 11 years old. For his birthday, Ned's wealthy uncle gives him an air rifle. Ned's father, a preacher in upstate New York, says that Ned is too young for a rifle, so he puts the gun in the attic, telling Ned that when he's 14, he can have it. But Ned goes to the attic after everybody else is in bed and takes the rifle outdoors. While he's aiming it just for fun, he spots a shadow of movement by the shed, and he pulls the trigger. Shooting the gun sobers him up, and he feels very guilty for disobeying his father. He puts the gun away. It has lost all excitement for him now. Ned doesn't want to tell anybody what he did. But he's afraid because, when he went back to the house, he saw a face looking out of the attic window. He doesn't know who it was, and he doesn't know what the person saw. Then one day, while he's working at his elderly neighbor's house after school, he sees a cat. The cat is wild, dirty, and grungy --- and it only has one eye. There's just a hole where the other eye was. The cat keeps shaking his head, and he's deaf. Ned is sure that he shot the cat. Winter is coming; Ned and his neighbor, old Mr. Scully, are afraid the cat will freeze to death. He's thin and sick from pain and hunger, and he can't hunt well with only one eye. Mr. Scully sets out food for him, and he and Ned watch through the window while the cat sleeps by the shed. At first it looks like he's going to be okay. The food perks him up. But as the days get colder and it starts snowing, the cat gets sicker. One day he's just a mound covered with snow, and he doesn't move. Will Ned be able to tell someone what he did? How can anybody forgive him for hurting an innocent animal? What will happen when Mr. Scully has a stroke and goes to a nursing home? Can Ned take care of the cat alone? Will the cat survive? You will want to find out once you start this gripping novel, which won a Newbery Honor award in 1985. --- Reviewed by Tamara Penny

Fox is a really GREAT author!

Ned Wallis asks himself "What is that?" as he shoots at a shadow with a rifle he got on his 11th birthday. However, he's not supposed to be using it! On his way home, he sees a face looking down at him. Who is he? What will he do? Ned is even more scared about what his parents will do when helping Mr. Scully, he sees a cat with one eye missing... Was this what Ned shot at? Will Ned tell his parents and get it overwith? Or will they find out for themselves?

Help Ned Share His feelings

Bang! A gun fires, footsteps, then a door shuts. One Eyed Cat by Paula Fox is an exciting story of a boy who secretly takes his air rifle from the attic. Outside he shoots it just one time. Little does he know that a cat would be his victim. This book deserves a five star rating, because it is a great story with a good moral. It is a story of how ned feels alone because of his secret about shooting thecat. In the end, sharing his secret isn't relly that bad, because many other people have secrets they are hidding, too. It is a wellwritten book with an intersting story and realistic characters. Paula Fox relly makes you feel like a part of the story. I would definitely recommend this book.

Ned learns a lesson from disobeying his parents.

In Tyler, New York a tall skinny dark haired boy named Ned gets a gun for his birthday from his uncle. He is told not to use it, but he disobeys and goes into the attic, gets the gun, and goes outside where he later shoots it. Someone hears him. No one punishes him but he sees a one eyed cat at Mr. Scully's woodshed. It shook it's head constantly as though there was something in front of it that made seeing difficult. Perhaps, Ned wondered in fear, he is the something the cat sought. The shadows of Ned's uncertanties are dispelled, even as their mystery deepens. The cat also teaches Ned a lesson he will never forget for the rest of his life.

A story of sadness, mystery, and friendship.

Paula Foxx's, One Eyed Cat, is a book where a young 11 year old is given a rifle for Christmas. From great temptation, he sneaks up into the attic and takes the gun out. Outside he shoots at a shadow, not knowing what it was. As he walks back to his house, a mysterious pale face is looking at him through the attic window. Who was this myterious person? What did he shoot? Why did he shoot...? [...]