The plot takes some unexpected turns.the telling is engaging, and its generally light tone gives readers hope, even at the darkest moments. Wishing got him into his predicament, but it's just not enough to get him out of it. Still, after wishing to be a cat and magically becoming one, Barney desperately wants his old life back. The school bully victimizes him mercilessly, and the principal regards him as her personal enemy. First his dad moved out of the house, then disappeared altogether. Witty and sometimes exaggerated ink drawings with gray washes capture human expressions and feline body language with equal facility, and the jacket art is sure to attract readers., Barney wasn't all that happy as a 12-year-old boy. Barney makes a sympathetic protagonist, both as a boy and as a cat. Wishing got him into his predicament, but ite(tm)s just not enough to get him out of it. Barney wasne(tm)t all that happy as a 12-year-old boy.
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