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The Cat at the Wall
by Deborah Ellis
Ages: 9+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
ISBN: 978-1-55498-491-6
Keywords: Conflicts, Teachers
After dying in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, thirteen-year-old Clare is transformed into a cat in Bethlehem on the West Bank, where events between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians oddly mirror her former life.