One-Eyed Cat

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Summary: This book should not be put down.
Review: I would recommend this book for you to read. I think you should this book because it has a real life story that can/could happen. It has great descriptive details. When I was reading it, I could hardly put it down. It was an awesome reading expreience. The story told about what an 11 year old boy would do to tell his parents about a situation that happened. He accidently did something and it was hard for him to decided whether or not to tell about shooting a cat in the eye. I learned that it is important to tell your parents things, even if it is hard to do so.

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Summary: The Greatest book!
Review: I've read some other books by Paula Fox, ONE-EYED CAT is definately the best. I just stoped reading her other books but this one I couldn't put down. All of the intense or unknowing parts of the book kept me reading so I could figure out what happens next. This was a great book and I would recomend it to anyone. It's a book that you just have to finish.

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Summary: Ned learns a lesson from disobeying his parents.
Review: In Tyler, New York a tall skinny dark haired boy named Ned gets a gun for his birthday from his uncle. He is told not to use it, but he disobeys and goes into the attic, gets the gun, and goes outside where he later shoots it.

Someone hears him. No one punishes him but he sees a one eyed cat at Mr. Scully's woodshed. It shook it's head constantly as though there was something in front of it that made seeing difficult. Perhaps, Ned wondered in fear, he is the something the cat sought. The shadows of Ned's uncertanties are dispelled, even as their mystery deepens. The cat also teaches Ned a lesson he will never forget for the rest of his life.

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Summary: An excellent, mysterious book about an eleven year-old boy.
Review: My name is Hannah Trachtman, I am ten years old and I read the book One-Eyed Cat. I thought it was a very good book. It is good for both girls and boys although the main character is a boy. I liked it because it was very mysterious . It was almost like a diary because it told a lot of the main character's feelings. I recommend it to people who like serious books

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Summary: Fox is a really GREAT author!
Review: Ned Wallis asks himself "What is that?" as he shoots at a shadow with a rifle he got on his 11th birthday. However, he's not supposed to be using it!

On his way home, he sees a face looking down at him. Who is he? What will he do? Ned is even more scared about what his parents will do when helping Mr. Scully, he sees a cat with one eye missing... Was this what Ned shot at? Will Ned tell his parents and get it overwith? Or will they find out for themselves?

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Summary: Fox is great!!
Review: Ned Wallis asks himself "What is that??" as he takes a shot at a shadow with a rifle he's not even supposed to be touching. On the way home, he sees a face looking at him. Who is it? What will he do? Ned is even more scared when he sees a cat-with one eye missing... Was this what Ned shot at? Will Ned tell his parents?

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Summary: Bart's Review of "One Eyed Cat"
Review: Ned Wallis is a 11 year old boy that lives in New York city. One night he secretly takes a rifle that he is not allowed to touch and goes outside to shot it one time. He sees a dark shawdow and shots at it. On his way home he sees a face looking down at him from his attic window. One day, while helping a neighbor he sees a wild cat with one eye missing. He thinks back to when he took that one shot at that dark shawdow and wonders if it was him who shot that cat? The book didn't have much action and the characters were not that interesting.

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Summary: An actionless book
Review: Ned Wallis is a boy who shot a gun that was not his yet. He shot a shadow; it turned out to be a cat. In the small town in New York Ned is the minister's son with a big secret. This book One Eyed cat is not bad. it is very realistic because everything could have happened, like shooting a cat and taking a gun. There should have been more to this book and it is boring. It was very very easy to understand and there are no confusing things like names and places. Overall this book is boring but ok to read. I give it two out of five stars. Comparing it to another book like Trouble On The Tracks, Trouble On the Tracks is way better. It is very exciting unlike One Eyed Cat and gets four stars out of five. Trouble On the Tracks is a interesting and exciting book unlike the boring book One Eyed Cat.

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Summary: SHOOT FIRST--ASK MORAL QUESTIONS LATER
Review: Ned, the eleven-year-old son of a minister, receives a rifle as a gift from a relative, but is forbidden to use it. Although the gun is stored away in the attic, Ned can not resist the lure for closer inspection. His curiosity and the attraction for the forbidden take control of his will--with disastrous results.

It is inevitable that he fires off the gun (from the attic window), but he never considers that he will actually hit anything--he was just aiming at a blurry shadow. Later he suspects that he has permanently maimed a wild cat which a kind old neighbor has befriended. Horror-stricken by his act of wanton cruelty, Ned seeks to deal with his own disobedience and crime against an innocent animal.

Although formatted for young adults, this book is actually a Psychological novel-- but don't let that put you off! It deals more with the internal thoughts and feelings of a boy, struggling to survive morally in an an adult world, than mere actions per se, which is unusual in children's literature. As in Naylor's SHILOH, I felt the tension slowly mounting, as the spring of guilt was wound ever tighter. I was uneasy, wondering When and How and If he would release his guilt and face the repercussions of his fatal decision.

The author increases the dramatic strain, by placing a silent witness to Ned's anguished return that night(from checking the results of his wanton act). He feels certain that he was observed from the attic window--either a ghost or his invalid mother--who might reveal that private knowledge and thus expose him. A tightly-knit novel about a crime of conscience and how he wrestles with the aftermath, which will involve and captivate readers of all ages.

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Summary: Brian's review of One-Eyed Cat
Review: One day, while browsing through some books, I came across a book called the One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox. What caught my attention was that I noticed a picture of a cat on the cover. My brother read this book and highly recommended it to me because he knows I enjoy reading books about cats. I read the back of the book and it sounded interesting to me. This book was also a Newbery Honor Book. These are some reasons why I selected this book to read.
The main character in this book is a boy named, Ned Wallis. On Ned's eleventh birthday his uncle gave him a rifle. Ned's parents took the gun away from him and were going to give it back to him when he turns fourteen years old. Ned's mom is very ill in the beginning of the story. One night Ned gets the gun and goes outside. He tries out his new gun by shooting a shadow in the fog. Then he sees a cat with only one eye. Ned begins to feal guilty, because he thinks that he shot the cat. He finally confessed that he shot the cat and his parents forgived him for shooting the cat.
I like the book a lot. The book is so detailed that it gives me mental pictures in my mind. The other books I've read usually aren't that descriptive. This book is also very specific because it gives dates and ages. The author kept my attention throughout the book. This book is great!