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The Christmas Cat

Robert Westall

First published October 1994
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

"... narrated by a spunky girl spending a dreary Christmas vacation with her bachelor uncle, an Anglican vicar, and his stern housekeeper .... the girl unlocks her uncle's rigid heart--and gets the tyrannical housekeeper fired--with the aid of a mischievous working-class boy and a pregnant stray cat." --Kirkus Reviews

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1994 Cover Christmas Spirit: Two Stories Farrar, Straus and Giroux Collection 59
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