One-Eyed Cat

By Paula Fox

Subjects: Firearms, Animals, Juvenile fiction, Cats, Newbery Honor Book 1985, Children's stories, American, Newbery Honor, Fiction, Fathers and sons, Cats, fiction, Children's fiction, Donna Harsh Collection, Large type books, Fiction, general

Description: Ned Wallis knows he's forbidden to touch the rifle in the attic. But he can't resist sneaking it out of the house, just once. Before he realizes it, Ned takes a shot at a dark shadow. When Ned returns home, he's sure he sees a face looking down at him from the attic window. Who has seen and heard him? Ned's feelings of guilt and fear only get worse when one day, while helping an elderly neighbor, he spots a wild cat with one eye missing. Could this be the thing Ned shot at that night? How can Ned bring himself to reveal his painful secret?