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  • Pawsome Pals (Bodega Cats #3)

Pawsome Pals
(Bodega Cats #3)

Illustrator
Siara Faison
Publication Date
July 22, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Illustrated Novel
Pawsome Pals (Bodega Cats #3)

Description

In the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about an injured boy and his newly-adopted three-legged cat.

Baseball means everything to Gregory. Not just because it feels like he's flying when he hits a homerun, but also since it reminds him of summers spent playing with his cousin in the Dominican Republic. But when his accident benches him for the season, he's doomed to sitting around his parents' bodega all day long.

For street cat Amber, who was born with a missing leg and left on the street as a kitten, life has always been about staying away from danger, keeping her belly full, and finding joy in the little things. But when she spots a human boy whose leg is broken, she remembers what it's like to need help when you feel lost and alone. How far will these two go to make a friend when they need one most?

Publication date
July 22, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
144
ISBN-13
9781250903792
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
Series
Bodega Cats
BISAC categories
JUV002050 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV039020 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence
Library of Congress categories
Human-animal relationships
Cats
Dominican Americans
Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Hilda Eunice Burgos

Hilda Eunice Burgos was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City. The first time Hilda read a book--back when she was a student at P.S. 132--she knew she wanted to be a writer. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Hilda headed to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania and later Harvard Law School for her law degree. She and her husband have two grown children and an adorable dog named Bear. She is the author of Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle, The Cot in the Living Room, and Miosotis Flores Never Forgets.

Siara Faison is a bookseller turned illustrator from all over California. If she's not drawing, you can find her binging movies with her husband, sister, and old cat Kitty.

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