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To Be A Cat

Matt Haig

To Be A Cat

Subjects

  • Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery

Average rating

5 out 5

86 reviews

Barney Willow’s life couldn’t get any worse. He’s weedy, with sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him – Barney has no idea why. And headteacher – from – hell Miss Whipmire seems determined to make every second of Barney’s existence a complete misery.

Reviews

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A beautiful story of a quiet lazy cat.

Empress Rapunzel Racoon 05.09.2024

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I loved how a boy had a real puzzle to solve

Queen Pinky Biscuits 20.08.2024

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Funny

Baroness Ariel Owl 23.07.2024

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It was fictional but it was awesome!

Senorita Lacey Rollerskate 21.07.2024

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This book was intriguing and full of great plot twists. The characters had a lot of personality and that made them more appealing. I liked how the book is about cats ; l love cats!

Doctor Hercules Quagmire 18.07.2024

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I liked the bit where the boy finds out that he has become a cat. I would recommend it to 8 or 9 year olds because of all of the writing and black and white pictures. It is also quite funny!

Viscountess Panther Bookmark 16.07.2024

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I like how the author saved the character from a situation and then a couple pages after that a new problem starts! The illustrations are really nice.

Coach Morgana Rubber-duck 02.07.2024

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Animal friendly Fairytale For cat lovers

Lady Majorca Moonlight 14.01.2024

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I absolutely loved this book it had lots of exasperation and it really built up the tension I would definitely recommend it but maybe not to the kids under 6 it got scary at times

Nurse Diamond Spaghetti-Hoops 29.12.2023

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Really interesting story, enjoyed reading it. How crazy to think this could really happen!

Madam Sapphire Frankenstein 01.12.2023

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It is a very interesting book as the boy in there turns into a cat.

Fairy Jet Volcano 18.08.2023

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I like how it included lots of details, and i like how Barney turned into a cat.

Madam Ursula Jellybaby 10.08.2023

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My favourite character was Rissa because i liked her personality and the description of her home.I really liked the start of the book.I would recommend but you definitely need to like cats.

Judge Diamond Mystery 23.07.2023

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this book means so much to me. it is my most favourite ever book!

Corporal Dobbin Fascination 01.09.2022

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It was really funny and really easy to understand how the context was written

Master Slide Volcano 22.08.2022

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This book is about a boy called Barney Willow whose dad has disappeared and he wants to find him. He has an evil headteacher who hates him because she used to be a cat, who was once chased by Barney's dog Guster. She switched bodies with her previous owner, the real Miss Whipmire, and turned into a human. The human turned into a cat and died. Then the cat that turned into a human, called Caramel, used her skull as a pencil pot. Barney wishes that he and a cat called Maurice, and then he wakes up and they have swapped places. Next he gets imprisoned by the headteacher and she wants to make his skull into a pencil pot. His friend Rissa rescues him but then his headteacher, Miss Whipmire, finds him again and tries to drop him in a canal, and you find out that the cat who switched bodies with Barney is her son. Rissa rescues him from the canal because she lives on a barge, and he lives with them for a while. Finally he finds out that his dad is a cat known as The Terrorcat, and has switched bodies with a cat who now runs a cattery that Barney's cat friend went to. Barney turns back into a human and the cat, Maurice, turns back into a cat. Miss Whipmire is imprisoned and that is the end.

Principal Ursula Menace 18.08.2022

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i liked this book because it was a very well written book and it was very enjoyable, the fact that i like cats is just a bonus. I would recommend it because with the way it is written, you would probably still like it if you hated cats.

Viscountess Rapunzel Pinkerton 21.07.2022

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I liked Rissa as the best character because she knows alot about astronomy and doesn't care that people call her names. I like the twist in the book !

Princess Kiki Piccalilli 09.07.2022

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I think this book tells you that you should be grateful for what you have, I enjoyed it.

Commander Hank Moonlight 01.09.2021

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This was recommended to me by my sister and I loved it. Read it while we were away for a weekend and couldn't put it down. I would recommend to anyone.

King Chester Arlington 27.08.2021