Name: Cat Running

Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Year: 1994
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Young adult, Historical fiction, Award winners

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9780440411529
0440411521
An award-winning, thoughtful, and moving glimpse into life during the Depression Cat is the fastest kid at her school'€”and with Play Day is coming up soon, she will be able to show off her speed to everybody. Unfortunately, her old-fashioned father forbids her to wear pants, even while playing sports. So Cat refuses to race, and Zane, an Okie boy whose family works on a nearby farm, wins. Cat is furious that Zane is so fast, and angry that he was able to beat all the sixth-grade boys, even in his bare feet. Though Cat hates Zane at the start, soon the two become friends. They are the school'€™s best runners, after all. But while Cat'€™s family is doing well, Zane'€™s family has lost everything in the Depression. All Cat can offer Zane'€™s family is sympathy and friendship . . . until Zane'€™s sister gets pneumonia and Cat and Zane are forced into a race for the little girl'€™s life. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
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