Overview

Baseball means everything to Greg. Not just because it feels like he's flying when he hits a homerun, but because baseball keeps him close to his cousins in the DR. This year, he plans on winning the tournament and bringing the trophy with him on his trip. But when an accident at practice benches Greg for the season and dooms him to working at his parent's bodega, he feels like his world is ending. For street cat Amber, life has always been about finding the joy in the little things. Like a cozy baby blanket left at the playground. Or a slice of pizza on the sidewalk. But when she spots a human boy whose leg is broken, she's reminded of what it's like to be scared, and she knows she wants to help, especially since she's missing a leg. But can Amber dare to dream bigger for herself than dumpster leftovers? Can Greg find a way to piece his two worlds, sports and the bodega, together-even if he's not the star of the game?

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Praise for Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around ""A meow-velous tale laced with meditations on family and identity."" --Kirkus Praise for Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect A Bank St. Center for Children's Literature Best Book of 2025 A 2025 CBC Children's Favorites Winner A 2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner An Amazon Best Children's Book of 2024 A 2024 Kids' Indie Next List Pick A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2024 Read A 2026 Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Masterlist Nominee ""[A] lively portrayal of the many forms that bravery, kindness, and connection can take."" --Publishers Weekly ""A series opener perfect for young fans of comics, cats, and cities."" --Shelf Awareness ""Paw-sitively charming."" --Kirkus ""A warm tale that embraces, sings, purrs and never lets go! Bodega Cats reminds us home is wherever a friend can be found!"" --Julian Randall, author of Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa ""A warm hug of a book. Readers will fall in love with Miguel and Lolo."" --Nina Moreno, author of the Maggie Diaz series

Praise for Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around ""A meow-velous tale laced with meditations on family and identity."" --Kirkus Praise for Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect A 2024 Kids' Indie Next List Pick A PW Best of Summer 2024 Read! ""[A] lively portrayal of the many forms that bravery, kindness, and connection can take."" --Publishers Weekly ""Paw-sitively charming."" --Kirkus ""A warm tale that embraces, sings, purrs and never lets go! Bodega Cats reminds us home is wherever a friend can be found!"" --Julian Randall, author of Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa ""A warm hug of a book. Readers will fall in love with Miguel and Lolo."" --Nina Moreno, author of the Maggie Diaz series

Author Information

Hilda Eunice Burgos was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York, watching a lot of Yankees games on TV with her baseball fanatic parents. The first time Hilda read a book-back when she was a student at P.S. 132-she knew she wanted to be a writer. She studied French and Spanish literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, and earned her law degree at Harvard Law School. She and her husband have two grown children and an adorable dog named Bear. In addition to writing the Bodega Cats series, Hilda is the author of Ana María Reyes Does NOT Live in a Castle, Miosotis Flores Never Forgets, and The Cot in the Living Room. Siara Faison is a bookseller turned illustrator from all over California. If she's not drawing, you can find her binging movies with her husband, sister, and old cat Kitty.

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