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Title:  Upchuck and the Rotten Willy
Author:  Bill Wallace
Reviewer:  Ellen M.  '10
 
Life is great for Chuck until his best cat friend, Louie, gets hit by a car, then Tom, his other cat friend moves, then finally his owner Katie goes to college. Chuck is a very lonely cat that only wants a friend. One night he is up in a tree with two pretty nasty poodles waiting for him at the bottom. If he climbs down he will be lunch. Those poodles won’t move until he comes down, so Chuck is stranded there for many nights with no food or water. He decides to take a chance by
balancing on a fence with two other dogs on either side of him. He is almost across when suddenly; he falls into the yard of a humungous beast. He knew it will be the end of his life when the big beast puts him in his mouth, but when he opens his eyes he isn’t in cat heaven, he is in a water bowl!  This can't be so! “Dogs don’t rescue cats!” Chuck thinks, “They can’t be friends!” …or can they?

I really enjoyed reading this book. It is pretty sad at some points and also happy too. I like that about it.  I like books about animals and this book’s plot was just that. So, if you want to read this

book you have to like fictional books about animals. If I had to rate this book on a scale from 1- 10, I would rate it a 9 because of the thing I mentioned. I wouldn’t rate it a 10 because, well, I’ve
just read better books. There are 2 sequels to this book that I know of and have read, so if you like this book you can borrow one of the sequels that I have any time. Happy reading!

Spring 2003

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