The Diary of a Killer Cat

by Anne Fine

Book Overview

Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. Okay, Okay. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat. Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374317798
• ISBN13: 9780374317799
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Great book for teaching voice

Tuffy is aptly named: he terrifies other animals and even kills birds and rabbits given the chance. Here is his account of a week in the life of a predator. Cleverly written, this humorous "cat"alog of events should be especially useful to illustrate voice and point-of-view in narrative writing.

Cat and kid viewpoints collide in a hilarious story which holds more than a bit of overtones of trut

Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a series of dead kills into the house proudly - who will be its next victim, and can she get her pet to change his wild ways? Cat and kid viewpoints collide in a hilarious story which holds more than a bit of overtones of truth...