Kitten in the Cold
By: Ben M Baglio

This heartwarming story is about Alex Hastings who is sick in Europe. For a Christmas gift Alex and her family are going to America for the operation. Three days before Christmas, Amber, the cat, is missing. Can they find her, or will she freeze?

I like this book because it has excitement. It takes you and draws you in. It's sad when Amber is missing. I like Mandy in this book because she will do anything to save an animal in need.

I think the main idea in this book is that friendship never ends. Alex doesn't want to leave Amber in Europe. See if Alex will solve her problem! Ben Baglio makes you think about your cat or pet and makes you wonder if your pet would run away in the freezing cold.

When Alex loses her kitten it seems like another terrible thing that happens to her after the disease she already has. Fortunately the Adam Hope family comes down with a plan not only to find the little cat but also to collect money to send her to have treatment in London. This is a very cute cuddling story that will make you cry.

Mandy and James meet a very ill little girl named Alex who has a beautiful kitten named Amber. Alex has to go to America for a very serious operation, but won't go until she finds Amber, her kitten, because she is too worried about her. Will Mandy and James be able to find Amber to make Alex feel better about getting her operation?

I really enjoyed reading this book. A great read for anyone who has been in love. This book deals with an aspiring cellist and her friend Emily's bout with anorexia. While Sarah spends time with Emily in her New York home, she becomes attracted to Emily's brother David. He also begins to like her. Then it gets really good. I couldn't stop reading, the book is a real page-turner. I could relate to the book. The part about being in love was a major thing I related to. The title really caught my eye. I thought it was an interesting and neat read.

I adore the way the romance is handled. Boy meets girl, but boy is flawed. I squirmed and kept turning pages. The romantic in me wanted happy ever after. The feminist in me wanted girl to stick to her guns. Romantic and skeptic were satisfied in the end. Mighty satisfied! This is a marvelous read!

i reall enjoyed this book. I felt it dealt with everyday life and what some have to go through to acheive a dream. The main character and her boygriend seem so real. The problems wqith anerexia really relate to some of the troubles girls go through. I really relate to this book because it talks about real life situations young people have to go through these days.

I've tried, unsucessfully, a number of times to introduce my son to chapter books. He is only four, but will be turning five soon. I wanted him to experience the imaginative process of developing an image in his mind from what he hears. This is the first book that has held his interest. He can't read it himself but I can see his face change expression as he listens - I know his mind is at work. We always only read one chapter at a time, drawing the story out. He always can recall the story up to the starting point and is anxious to hear another chapter. I feel like the "magic" of books has been taken to a new level for our little reader - what an amazing thing to see.

The Spillers have moved into a run-down farm outside of town and are looking for a way to turn it into a working farm--a semingly impossible task. When Mandy and James offer to help out with the lambing, they don't know what they're getting themselves into! On the hill, Mandy witnesses a newborn lamb being abandoned by its mother. As always, Mandy is determined to help the little animal. But a newborn lamb needs a lot of care--and the Spillers don't have any spare time for nursing lambs. But Mandy's not giving up. Still, as soon as she seems to have found a home for the lamb he disappears! Then little Jenny Spiller is badly injusred when an abandoned shed collapses on her, and has to be rushed to the hospital. Everyone is so glad Jenny is going to recover. But something is terribly wrong with Jenny. Until Jenny reveals a secret of her own... Now Mandy has to save the lamb...and the hospital! (The cottage hospital is going to be closed down soon--but not if Mandy's Grandma has anything to say about it! But, despite all her and Mandy's campaigning, it's not looking good for the old hospital.)

The Spillers have moved into a run-down farm outside of town and are looking for a way to turn it into a working farm--a seemingly impossible task. When Mandy and James offer to help out with the lambing, they don't know what they're getting themselves into! On the hill, Mandy witnesses a newborn lamb being abandoned by its mother. As always, Mandy is determined to help the little animal. But a newborn lamb needs a lot of care--and the Spillers don't have any spare time for nursing lambs. But Mandy's not giving up. Still, as soon as she seems to have found a home for the lamb he disappears! Then little Jenny Spiller is badly injusred when an abandoned shed collapses on her, and has to be rushed to the hospital. Everyone is so glad Jenny is going to recover. But something is terribly wrong with Jenny. Until Jenny reveals a secret of her own... Now Mandy has to save the lamb...and the hospital! (The cottage hospital is going to be closed down soon--but not if Mandy's Grandma has anything to say about it! But, despite all her and Mandy's campaigning, it's not looking good for the old hospital.)
There are so many subplots in this book!!!

Mandy and James meet a little girl named Jenny who has become friends with an abandoned black lamb. Then Jenny does the unspeakable and gets trapped in an abandoned shed. Will the sheep be able to get help before it's too late for Jenny?

The swallows are here again. They have come south looking for summer. Did they fly over my country? Did they see my mum amd dad? Did they see my little yellow canary?

Nam-Huong cries lots of onion tears...It's only when she laens to smile inside, andd finally laugh, that her tears fall like drops of dew.

I attempted to use this book as an intervention for a foster care child whose parental figures terminated parental rights as it was what I could find in the Muncie Public Library. This book has the potential for helping a child in Foster Care cope with his or her tragic situation. However, this book is fairly long and probably best read by the child instead of read to the child. So, the child needs to be higher functioning. Also, the setting of the story may be hard for a child in North America to relate to (a Vietnamese war orphan in Austrailia who spends sometime working in the restaurant owned by the foster parent.) Last, this story may be more appropriate for a girl to read or listen to. Nevertheless, it is a potential intervention that could be considered for kids who are either orphaned or legally orphaned to address bereavement.

I loved this book; it shows a girl of great courage coping with grief. Even though it is sad in parts, it is about healing and is immensely positive. I highly recommend it.