I read the book this past month and i love it. I am only fourteen but i found that it seemed like you could relate to the way that cat was living. I could feel for her and yet see how her mom and grama would try to hide it. It is not like most books and i love that about it!! I loved it and am doing a idependent novel study on it for school!! I would love to read more Jean Thesman books in the future.