- Catcall (novel)
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name = Catcall
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author =Linda Newbery
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country =United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Children's
publisher = Orion
pub_date =19 October 2006
pages = 192 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-1842551257
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followed_by ="Catcall" is a children's novel by
Linda Newbery , published in 2006. It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Silver Award. [ [http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/ Nestlé Children's Book Prize] ]Plot
The story focuses on a young boy named Josh, whose family goes a dramatic upheavel. There is a new stepdad and a new baby sister.
Josh's younger brother Jamie takes this badly and soon develops an obsession with wild cats and a refusal to speak. Josh uses all his skills, and a cat scrapbook, to help his family heal.
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