Carvel: The Christmas Cat - Hardcover

Littell, John S.

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9781402200489: Carvel: The Christmas Cat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140220048X ISBN 13: 9781402200489

Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc Landmark, 2003

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Meet Carvel and Gracie, an unforgettable pair of friends who will inspire and touch your heart. Six-year-old Gracie dreamt that Santa would bring her a kitten for Christmas. With that dream in mind, Gracie and her beloved sixteen-year-old brother happen upon an abandoned and abused kitten hiding in a Carvel milkshake container.

Drama and hilarity ensue when Gracie takes the scruffy little kitten home, where she must hide it from the prying eyes of her parents. What follows is the story of how Gracie, with the connivance of her older brother, Jack, manages to keep Carvel alive and warm-and brighten the lives of those around them.

Carvel, the Christmas Cat is all about love, redemption and the power of Christmas to heal a wounded heart. A book to read aloud to the family on a Christmas evening after all the presents are unwrapped-or any other time!

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About the Author:

John Littell has worked as a reporter, an editor-in-chief, and was the president and publisher of Macfadden Romances. He is currently writing, editing and packaging magazines. He is the author of several books, most recently Susie, Sadly, and the Black Torpedo of Doom. He lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly:

A family learns loving kindness from a battered, marmalade-colored kitten when six-year-old Gracie surreptitiously adopts the feline with the begrudging help of her older brother, Jack. The kids smuggle the contraband pet (their father is allergic to cats) into their basement fort of blankets and cardboard boxes. There they nurse the sickly Carvel, named for the milk-shake carton in which she was found, with milk and her favorite, pea juice, squirted through the finger of a pilfered dishwashing glove. Concealing Carvel turns impossible, though-especially when Gracie contracts ringworm-and the family must decide what to do with the little creature on Christmas Eve. Alternating between Jack's ornery teenage lexicon (he calls Carvel "a damaged piece of fluff") and the point-of-view of the pitiable kitten, the book wavers between Wonder Years-esque reminiscences and children's misadventure, making it most appropriate for young adults and dedicated cat lovers.
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