To Be A Cat

A beautiful story of a quiet lazy cat.

I loved how a boy had a real puzzle to solve

Funny

It was fictional but it was awesome!

This book was intriguing and full of great plot twists. The characters had a lot of personality and that made them more appealing. I liked how the book is about cats ; l love cats!

I liked the bit where the boy finds out that he has become a cat. I would recommend it to 8 or 9 year olds because of all of the writing and black and white pictures. It is also quite funny!

I like how the author saved the character from a situation and then a couple pages after that a new problem starts! The illustrations are really nice.

Animal friendly
Fairytale
For cat lovers

I absolutely loved this book it had lots of exasperation and it really built up the tension I would definitely recommend it but maybe not to the kids under 6 it got scary at times

Really interesting story, enjoyed reading it. How crazy to think this could really happen!

It is a very interesting book as the boy in there turns into a cat.

I like how it included lots of details, and i like how Barney turned into a cat.

My favourite character was Rissa because i liked her personality and the description of her home.I really liked the start of the book.I would recommend but you definitely need to like cats.

this book means so much to me. it is my most favourite ever book!

It was really funny and really easy to understand how the context was written

Fun and unusual story. Good message about being content with yourself. Funny and doesn’t patronise children.

This book is about a boy called Barney Willow whose dad has disappeared and he wants to find him. He has an evil headteacher who hates him because she used to be a cat, who was once chased by Barney's dog Guster. She switched bodies with her previous owner, the real Miss Whipmire, and turned into a human. The human turned into a cat and died. Then the cat that turned into a human, called Caramel, used her skull as a pencil pot. Barney wishes that he and a cat called Maurice, and then he wakes up and they have swapped places. Next he gets imprisoned by the headteacher and she wants to make his skull into a pencil pot. His friend Rissa rescues him but then his headteacher, Miss Whipmire, finds him again and tries to drop him in a canal, and you find out that the cat who switched bodies with Barney is her son.
Rissa rescues him from the canal because she lives on a barge, and he lives with them for a while. Finally he finds out that his dad is a cat known as The Terrorcat, and has switched bodies with a cat who now runs a cattery that Barney's cat friend went to. Barney turns back into a human and the cat, Maurice, turns back into a cat. Miss Whipmire is imprisoned and that is the end.

i liked this book because it was a very well written book and it was very enjoyable, the fact that i like cats is just a bonus. I would recommend it because with the way it is written, you would probably still like it if you hated cats.

I liked Rissa as the best character because she knows alot about astronomy and doesn't care that people call her names.

I like the twist in the book !

I think this book tells you that you should be grateful for what you have, I enjoyed it.

This was recommended to me by my sister and I loved it. Read it while we were away for a weekend and couldn't put it down. I would recommend to anyone.

I t was a brilliant book. A boys mum and dad get divorced and he has a terrible headteacher and the boy turns in to a cat and struggles to turn back

It was really interesting because the main character turns into a cat.

This book was so realistic and believable, it made me think I could turn into a cat too!

Read it twice one of my favourite books ever

It was interesting . My faverute person was Barney.it interested me because i like animals.i would recomend if you like cats.

Very funny! Rissa is very nice and funny, she is my favourite character! I love it when Miss Whipmire comes to justice! Creepy when she reveals her pencil pot is cat's skull! I would definately recommend this, it's funny when he Barney Willow realizes he's a cat!

I love cats so I loved this book.

LAMAZING!!!! This is the best book I have ever read, and believe me, I’ve read a lot of books! About being comfortable in your own skin rather than being in someone else’s fur. A really dark book, but irresistible!!! I recommend to anyone who can read a dark book like this!

I disliked the part when Miss Whipmire - the horrible head teacher of Blandford High - always picked on Barney. For instance, one time she deliberately put Barney in a place with lots of water when she knew - as she had previously been a cat herself - that cats hated water.

However, I liked the part when the cat that Barney had turned into wanted to change back into a cat and Barney wanted to change back into a human. This made the process of changing back easier.

LucA lady noticed Miss Whipmire being a bully and called the police. Fortunately, Miss Whipmire was arrested when the policeman came and saw her actions. Thankfully, there is now a much nicer head teacher at Blandford High called Miss Ruffles.