Status
Available
Call number
Description
An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility for it.
Collection
Publication
Yearling (1985), 224 pages
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1987)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1987)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1987)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1988)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1986)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1987)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1986-1987)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1985)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 1987)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Christopher Award (1985)
Josette Frank Award (Winner — 1984)
IBBY Honour Book (Writing — 1986)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1984)
CCBC Choices (1984)
Language
Original publication date
1984
Physical description
224 p.; 5.25 x 0.75 inches
ISBN
0440466415 / 9780440466413