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A cat who loves his freewheeling life on the street is reluctantly adopted by a new girl in the neighborhood, whom the cat "trains" and grows to love. The comic-hybrid format and animal perspective will appeal to new readers, but the tone--more ironic than humorous--has a distancing effect and may resonate more with adult cat owners than with young readers.