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The Nine Lives of Travis keating

by Jill MacLean

Ages: 9+

Published: 2008

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

ISBN: 978-1-55455-104-0

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After the death of his mother, twelve-year-old Travis must contend with a move, a bully and a new school, but a colony of feral cats helps him.