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The small town of Clydesdale has a feral cat problem. Lee paints the town's atrocities against the cats with a heavy hand; practically any imagined violence toward strays is detailed here. The kindness of two teens and of protagonist Billy eventually saves the day in a dramatic fashion. The chapters told from the cats' viewpoints are more captivating than the main text.