One-Eyed Cat

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Summary: 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!

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Summary: One Eyed Cat by Paula Fox Unbelievable Descriptions!
Review: One Eyed Cat by Paula Fox

This book is about a wondrous boy named Ned. His uncle gave him a gun for Christmas. Ned sneaks it out and shoots a cat. When he comes back he lies to his family but stops.

I loved this book because Ned changes his actions when he knows what he did wrong.

The author will share how someone can lie so much and find the right way out.

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Summary: No Justice for the Cat
Review: One-Eyed Cat is a strong and compelling story up until the end when protagonist confesses his guilt. His parents let him off too easily giving the impression that it's okay after all to shoot wild or stray animals.

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Summary: One-Eyed Cat
Review: One-Eyed Cat was a worthy book to read. It was the kind of book that you just can't put down after the first chapter.
Ned Wallis lived with his family near the Hudson River in Tyler, New York, in 1935. Ned was a very kind and sweet boy. He almost never spoke back to his parents, except once. Reverend James Wallis, Ned's papa, as Ned called him, was about as impeccable as you can get. Ned's mama was an ill woman who was suffering from a terrible disease that caused her hands and fingers to get horribly twisted in knots. Ned had a housekeeper, Mrs. Scallop, that Ned, his mama, and his papa
disliked. She was very cruel when it came to her cooking and cleaning. Ned also had two neighbors, Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Scully. Mrs. Kimball helped Mrs. Wallis with her sickness, often visiting their house. Mrs. Kimball had over five children. Ned thought that her children were like a bunch of wild monkeys running around her house. At eighty years old, Mr. Scully was very feeble. Ned would help Mr. Scully, after school, with chores that he did for him around his house. After a while Ned and Mr. Scully became very good friends. Ned thought his Uncle Hilary was the greatest in the world. He traveled to whereever you could imagine. He frequently sent back presents to Ned of the places he visited.
It was almost Ned's eleventh birthday and Ned was very excited since his uncle had come home to celebrate it with him. Uncle Hilary told Ned to open the present he had brought him. After slowly and carefully unraveling the wrapping paper, Ned was surprised to find that it was a gun.
Ned's father, as being the Reverend, did not agree at all with the gun idea. Ned's father concluded as saying, "Ned, there is nothing to imagine with a gun except something that was dead." Then he took the gun upstairs, Ned watching him in the process, placed it in the attic. That night, Ned's father told him that he trusted him entirely not to touch the gun. Ned stayed up all night, thinking about how that gun felt in his arms after he unwrapped it. Such power and control he had in himself when he held it. He couldn't help himself from going upstairs, in the attic, and get the gun for himself. He took his shoes off, as not to make any noise, and tip-toed to the attic. When he got there the light reflecting from the moon shone on the beautiful gun. Ned grabbed the gun quickly and quietly stepped out the door of his house.
At last, he was free with the gun by his side all alone. Then, he aimed it at a shadow in the woods that looked alive to him. He knew that he wasn't going to shoot anything. But, all of the sudden, accidently, his sweating wet fingers slipped on the trigger of the gun and hit that shadow in the woods. Ned turned back, looking up at the house and in one of the windows of the house was someone staring at him, seeing everything that Ned had done! Ned looked as hard and as close in the window as he could, but he couldn't tell who it was looking at him. Could it have been Mama, who could hardly stand, or was it mean Mrs. Scallop? It also could have been Papa.
Ned went along as if it never happened, even that he knew that it did. Everyday after school Ned would walk to Mr. Scully's house to help him. Then one day while he was there, Mr. Scully pointed out a strange cat. Ned looked at it closer and noticed that it only had one eye and must have been struggling to live. It had blood around the rim of his empty eye socket. Ned went home that night crying, knowing that must have been the shadow that he hit with his gun that dark night. But, was it really the cat that he hit or nothing at all?
In conclusion, I thought that Mrs. Paula Fox made a beautiful choice in publishing One-Eyed Cat. If she never had, then I would have never been able to read such and interesting and suspenseful book. Hopefully, this book has made others more aware that seemingly harmless actions could cause devastating results.

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Summary: One- eyed Cat
Review: One-eyed cat was, I have to say was the summit compared to all the other books I have read.It was the kind of book that you can't just put down after one chapter, even though I idmit I may have put it down a couple times.
Ned Wallis lived with his family near the Hudson river in Tyler, N.Y. in 1935. Ned was a very kind and sweet boy, he never talked back to his parents, except once. Reverend James Wallis, Ned's papa, as Ned called him, was about as impeccable as you can get. Ned's mama was an ill woman, she suffered from a disease. The disease caused her hands and fingers to get horribly twisted in knots. Ned also had a housekeeper, Mrs. Scallop. Ned, his mama, and his papa, very much disliked Mrs. Scallop, she was very cruel when it came to her cooking and cleaning. Ned had two neighbors,Mrs. Kimball and Mr.Scully. Mrs. Kimball helped Mrs. Wallis with her sickness, she often visited their house. Mrs. Kimball had over five children. It seemed to Ned as if her children were a bunch of wild monkeys running around her house. Mr. Scully was an extremely feeble man at eighty years old. Ned would help Mr. Scully, after school, with chores that he did for him around his house. After a while, Ned and Mr. Scully became very good friends. Then, of course, there was Ned's uncle, Uncle Hilary. Uncle Hilary, Ned thought was the greatest uncle in the world. He travelled to wherever you could imagine. He frequently sent back presents to Ned of the places he visited. He once sent him back a bronze goat from Greece, that Ned could easily fit inside the palm of his hand.
It was almost Ned's eleventh birthday. Ned was the most excited he ever could have been because Uncle Hilary had come home that day for it!! Ned was very excited, Uncle Hilary said that he could open his present form him!! Except the present that Ned was about to open was very much different than the other ones Ned's uncle had given him. After slowly and carefully unraveling the wrapping paper, what seemed to come out of the paper was, a gun. Ned's father, as being the Reverend did not agree at all with the gun idea. Reverend Wallis talked to Uncle Hilary and told him that he disagreed. Ned's father concluded as saying, "Ned, there is nothing to imagine with a gun except something that was dead." Then he took the gun upstairs, Ned watching him in the process, and placed it in the attic. That night Ned's father told Ned that he trusted him entirely not to touch the gun. Ned stayed up all night, he couldn't stop thinking about how that gun felt in his arms after he unwrapped it. Such power and control he had in himself when he held it. He couldn't help himself, but to go upstairs, in the attic, and get the gun for himself. He took his shoes off so he wouldn't make any noise and he tip-toed to the attic. When he got there he was stucken by light reflecting from the moon, that shone on the beautiful gun. Ned grabbed the gun quickly and quietly stepped out the door to his house. At last, he was free with the gun by his side all alone. Then, he aimed it towards a shadow in the woods, the shadow looked alive to him, but he knew that he wasn't going to shoot anything anyway. All of the sudden, accidently, his sweating, wet fingers slipped on the trigger to the gun and it hit that shadow in the woods. Ned turned back, looking up at the house and in one of the windows to his house, there was someone staring down at him, seeing everything that Ned had done! Ned looked as hard and as close in the window as he could, but he couldn't tell who it was looking at him. Ned studied it later. Could it have been his mama, that can hardly even stand or was it mean Mrs.Scallop. It also could have been his papa.
Ned went along with it as if it never happened, even though he knew that it did. Everyday after school Ned would walk to Mr. Scully's house to help him. Then one day while he was there, Mr. Scully pointed out a strange cat. Ned looked at it closer and noticed that it only had one eye and must have been stuggling to live. It had blood around the rim of his empty eye. Ned went home that night crying, knowing that that must have been the shadow that he hit with the gun that dark night. But, was it really the cat he hit or was really nothing at all?
In conclusion, I thought that Ms. Paula Fox made a beautiful choice in publishing One-eyed cat. If she never had, then I would have never been able to read such an interesting and suspenseful book.

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Summary: One-Eyed Cat
Review: One-Eyed Cat
Paula Fox

This book teaches many lessons of life. The One-Eyed Cat is about a young eleven-year-old boy, Ned, who gets a gun for his Birthday from his uncle. His dad said, "You can have it when you are older", but sometimes kids never learn. Ned later that night went to go get it, and took it outside only to shot it once. Ned later met a cat with only one eye at his neighbor's house when he was cleaning up. He started to think, did I shot the cat? Am I the one responsible for the cat only having one eye? This book teaches kids that they should always listen to their elders, even when they think they are right. When one of his close friends died, Ned learned that life isn't always fair but he must make the best of it. He learned that when he has guilt on the shoulders, he shouldn't keep it all in side. When he felt like something is eating him away, he learned to come clean and talk to someone about how he has been feeling. I would recommend this to anyone who loves to read about life and a person learning to be more grown up.

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Summary: One-Eyed Cat
Review: One-Eyed Cat
Paula Fox

This book teaches many lessons of life. The One-Eyed Cat is about a young eleven-year-old boy, Ned, who gets a gun for his Birthday from his uncle. His dad said, "You can have it when you are older", but sometimes kids never learn. Ned later that night went to go get it, and took it outside only to shot it once. Ned later met a cat with only one eye at his neighbor's house when he was cleaning up. He started to think, did I shot the cat? Am I the one responsible for the cat only having one eye? This book teaches kids that they should always listen to their elders, even when they think they are right. When one of his close friends died, Ned learned that life isn't always fair but he must make the best of it. He learned that when he has guilt on the shoulders, he shouldn't keep it all in side. When he felt like something is eating him away, he learned to come clean and talk to someone about how he has been feeling. I would recommend this to anyone who loves to read about life and a person learning to be more grown up.

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Summary: A story of sadness, mystery, and friendship.
Review: Paula Foxx's, One Eyed Cat, is a book where a young 11 year old is given a rifle for Christmas. From great temptation, he sneaks up into the attic and takes the gun out. Outside he shoots at a shadow, not knowing what it was. As he walks back to his house, a mysterious pale face is looking at him through the attic window. Who was this myterious person? What did he shoot? Why did he shoot...? Kian Kamyab

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Summary: One- Eyed Cat
Review: The book One-eyed Cat by Paula Fox is is about a boy named Ned. He gets a gun for his 11th birthday. Ned's dad says that Ned is not old enough to have a gun. He hides the gun in the attic. One night Ned decides that he just has to shoot the gun. He goes up to the attic and sneaks the gun out side. All of the sudden, he sees a shadow, he presses the trigger and fires the gun. After a long time he is helping an old neighbor and he sees a cat with only one eye. Ned is sure that he shot the cat and that is why it only has one eye. Will Ned ever tell anybody so that the guilt won't be so bad? Read the book One-Eyed Cat to find out. This was an okay book.

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Summary: Extremely Boring
Review: The book oNe-eyed cat is about a boy who shoots a cat in the eye and has guilts about it. This book was terribly put together and had no plot what so ever. I flunked my reading test on this book because it was so boring, it went through one ear and out the other. I do not reccomend this book. It would have been netter if there was more action other than a little boy shooting a cat in the eye and hoping he wont get in trouble.