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Cool Cat: A Wish Novel
From the author of Meow or Never and Starting From Scratch, a story about friendship, anxiety, and internet culture.
Nova doesn’t lie -- she tells hopes for the future. That’s why she tells her mom she got an A on her math quiz, even though she got a B. It’s also why she doesn’t tell her mom about her secret Instagram that she’s almost old enough to have.
When a viral video of her cat pushes her into the popular crowd, and next to her crush, Lily, Nova tells even more “hopes for the future” to try to fit in.
The more lies she tells, the more everything spins out of control! Nova wants to come clean…but will it mean losing everything?
Nova doesn’t lie -- she tells hopes for the future. That’s why she tells her mom she got an A on her math quiz, even though she got a B. It’s also why she doesn’t tell her mom about her secret Instagram that she’s almost old enough to have.
When a viral video of her cat pushes her into the popular crowd, and next to her crush, Lily, Nova tells even more “hopes for the future” to try to fit in.
The more lies she tells, the more everything spins out of control! Nova wants to come clean…but will it mean losing everything?
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 3, 2024
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April 5, 2025
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I enjoyed this author's other books, Starting From Scratch and Meow or Never, but this one rubbed me the wrong way. I'm glad I read it before I bought it for me school.
Not only does this start with a rant about how hard and pointless math is, but Nova lies to her mother again and again, and even breaks a rule about not having anyone over when the mother is gone. She lies to her mother about having an Instagram account, and also lies about her grades, although one would think the teacher would contact the mother.
Not only that, but she posts a video of her and her cat, Kevin (who is overweight, which is a cruel thing to do to a cat), and it goes viral. After it does, she is suddenly popular, and the popular, cool girl on whom she has a crush reciprocates. They don't seem to have any other commonalities. In the end, Nova doesn't really get in any trouble (other than being grounded for two weeks), and doesn't seem to learn any lessons at all about her dangerous behavior.
Tweens won't care about any of this, and would probably buy this at book fairs because of the cover, but there was too much problematic behavior for me to be able to enjoy this one.
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I enjoyed this author's other books, Starting From Scratch and Meow or Never, but this one rubbed me the wrong way. I'm glad I read it before I bought it for me school.
Not only does this start with a rant about how hard and pointless math is, but Nova lies to her mother again and again, and even breaks a rule about not having anyone over when the mother is gone. She lies to her mother about having an Instagram account, and also lies about her grades, although one would think the teacher would contact the mother.
Not only that, but she posts a video of her and her cat, Kevin (who is overweight, which is a cruel thing to do to a cat), and it goes viral. After it does, she is suddenly popular, and the popular, cool girl on whom she has a crush reciprocates. They don't seem to have any other commonalities. In the end, Nova doesn't really get in any trouble (other than being grounded for two weeks), and doesn't seem to learn any lessons at all about her dangerous behavior.
Tweens won't care about any of this, and would probably buy this at book fairs because of the cover, but there was too much problematic behavior for me to be able to enjoy this one.
https://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/...
https://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/...
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