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Myfatherisalwaystalkingabouthowadogcanbeveryeducationalforaboy.ThisisonereasonIgotacat.DaveMitchellandhisfatheryellateachotheralot,andwheneverthefightingstarts,Dave'smothergetsanasthmaattack.That'swhenDavestormsoutofthehouse.ThenDavemeetsTom,astrangeboywhohelpshimrescueCat.Itisn'tlongbeforeCatintroducesDavetoMary,awonderfulgirlfromConeyIsland.SlowlyDavecomestoseethecomplexitiesinpeople'slivesandtounderstandhimselfandhisfamilyalittlebetter.
作者简介
BorninWashington,D.C.andraisedinafamilyofnaturalists,JeanGeorgehascenteredherlifearoundwritingandnature.SheattendedPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,graduatingwithdegreesinEnglishandscience.Inthe1940sshewasamemberoftheWhiteHousepresscorpsandareporterfortheWashingtonPost.Ms.George,whohaswrittenover90books-amongthemMySideoftheMountain(Dutton),a1960NewberyHonorBook,anditssequelsOntheFarSideoftheMountainandFrightful'sMountain(bothDutton)-alsohikes,canoes,andmakessourdoughpancakes.In1991,Ms.GeorgebecamethefirstwinneroftheSchoolLibraryMediaSectionoftheNewYorkLibraryAssociation'sKnickerbockerAwardforJuvenileLiterature,whichwaspresentedtoherforthe"consistentsuperiorquality"ofherliteraryworks.HerinspirationfortheNewberyMedal-winningJulieoftheWolvesevolvedfromtwospecificeventsduringasummershespentstudyingwolvesandtundraattheArcticResearchLaboratoryofBarrow,Alaska:"OnewasasmallgirlwalkingthevastadlonesometundraoutsideofBarrow;theotherwasamagnificentalphamalewolf,leaderofapackinDenaliNationalPark...Theyhauntedmeforayearormore,asdidthewordsofoneofthescientistsatthelab:'Ifthereeverwasanydoubtinmymindthatamancouldlivewiththewolves,itisgonenow.Thewolvesaretrulygentlemen,highlysocialandaffectionate.'"Themotherofthreechildren,JeanGeorgeisagrandmotherwhohasjoyfullyredtohergrandchildrensincetheywereborn.OvertheyearsJeanGeorgehaskept173pets,notincludingdogsandcats,inherhomeinChappaqua,NewYork."Mostofthesewildanimalsdepartinautumn,whenthesunchangestheirbehaviorandtheyfeeltheurgetomigrateorgooffalone.Whiletheyarewithus,however,theybecomecharactersinmybooks,articles,andstories."
