Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around
$30.39
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2025
Summary
Everyone thinks Yesenia is calm, collected, and crushing it. But really, her stomach is constantly a ball of nerves. With parents who left their home in the Dominican Republic to make a better life for their kids, and three perfect, over-achieving older sisters, Yesenia can’t let anyone know about the anxiety that’s causing her to fall behind in school.
When her doctor tells her parents that taking care of an animal could help, little did they know her newly adopted kitten would be su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250903761 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250903769 |
| Author: | Hilda Eunice Burgos, Siara Faison |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 219mm x 148mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Bodega Cats |
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Critics Review
“A meow-velous tale laced with meditations on family and identity.” –Kirkus
“This -diverse, well-rounded series is -recommended for all collections.” –School Library Journal
”[For] all readers of middle-grade stories.” –The Dominican Writers Association
Praise for Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect
A Bank St. Center for Children’s Literature Best Book of 2025
A 2025 CBC Children’s Favorites Winner
A 2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner
An Amazon Best Children’s Book of 2024
A 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2024 Read
A 2026 Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Masterlist Nominee
”[A] lively portrayal of the many forms that bravery, kindness, and connection can take.” –Publishers Weekly
“A series opener perfect for young fans of comics, cats, and cities.” –Shelf Awareness
“Paw-sitively charming.” –Kirkus
“A warm tale that embraces, sings, purrs and never lets go! Bodega Cats reminds us home is wherever a friend can be found!” –Julian Randall, author of Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa
“A warm hug of a book. Readers will fall in love with Miguel and Lolo.” –Nina Moreno, author of the Maggie Diaz series
About The Author
Hilda Eunice Burgos
Hilda Eunice Burgos was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City. The first time Hilda read a book-back when she was a student at P.S. 132-she knew she wanted to be a writer. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Hilda headed to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania and later Harvard Law School for her law degree. She and her husband have two grown children and an adorable dog named Bear. She is the author of Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect, Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle, The Cot in the Living Room, and Miosotis Flores Never Forgets.
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