This is the review I wrote for this book on Amazon on February 20, 2014: What starts out as a sweet innocent story about a young girl, Jennifer, who goes out shopping to buy some new clothes for school, turns into a whole lot more by the time the story ends. Going to the garage with her mother to g... more

This is the review I wrote for this book on Amazon on February 20, 2014: What starts out as a sweet innocent story about a young girl, Jennifer, who goes out shopping to buy some new clothes for school, turns into a whole lot more by the time the story ends. Going to the garage with her mother to get to their car they discover a stray calico cat who she’d like to take home to keep her other cat, Mr. Tickles, company while she’s away at school. Not having anything to carry it in, her mother promises they’ll try to get it when they return from the mall. Returning, her mother keeps her promise, they get the cat and then bring it home. When Jennifer opens the carrier door, the new cat walks out and surprisingly gets accepted by Mr. Tickles, who licks the new cat on the head. It isn’t until she picks up the new cat that she discovers it only has one eye and decides to call it Uno. From here the book takes on a whole new look as it deals with caring for her new pet, teaching it tricks, and whether anything special needs to be done because of the cat’s “disabling” condition. Jennifer soon discovers it can manage quite well on its own, and is quicker and more eager to learn tricks than her other cat. Everything finally comes into play when Hillary who’s in a wheelchair joins her class. While the others in her class tease and makes fun of Hillary and her disability, Jennifer looks at her as possibly becoming a friend. Hillary doesn’t trust Jennifer’s at first since she thinks Jennifer is merely showing pity. In a short time, Hillary discovers Jennifer telling her how she felt about her being like everyone else is the truth, and they become friends