Katie the Catsitter

Author Colleen AF Venable Illustrated by Stephanie Yue

Grades 6-8 Ages 8-12

NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE STATE AWARDS!

Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! Introducing an irresistible new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats!)--perfect for fans of Guts, Awkward and Real Friends (not to mention anyone who loves cats!)

“Readers will revel in the heroic antics.” --The New York Times

Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship (why is Beth barely writing back? And who's this boy she keeps talking about?!), AND crack the biggest story in the city's history? Some heroes have capes . . . Katie has cats!

Don't miss the next Katie the Catsitters—Katie the Catsitter 2: Best Friends for Never and Katie the Catsitter 3: Secrets and Sidekicks!

A Florida Sunshine State Reader Award nominee
A South Carolina Book Award nominee
A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee
A Vermont Golden Dome Book Award nominee
A Maine Student Book Award nominee
A North Carolina Children's Book Award nominee
An Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award nominee
An Illinois Bluestem Readers’ Choice nominee
And more!

Available Formats

Trade Paperback 9781984895639
Hardcover 9780593306321
eBook 9781984895653

State Awards

Connecticut

2022-2023, Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee

Florida

2022-2023, Sunshine State Young Readers Award , Nominee

Illinois

2023, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Award, Nominee

2024, AISLE Readers’ Choice Awards, Selection

Indiana

2023-2024, Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee

Kansas

2021, Kansas NEA Reading Circle, Selection

Maine

2022-2023, Maine Student Book Award, Nominee

North Carolina

2023, North Carolina Children’s Book Award , Nominee

Pennsylvania

2024-2025, Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award, Nominee

Rhode Island

2023, Rhode Island Children’s Book Award, Nominee

South Carolina

2022, South Carolina Book Awards, Nominee

Texas

2022, Texas Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List, Selection

Vermont

2022-2023, Golden Dome Book Award, Nominee

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