Leonard (my Life As a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak

Leonard (my Life As a Cat)

Carlie Sorosiak

Candlewick Press · Paperback · April 12, 2022

He’s not a stray house cat, he’s an immortal being.

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Who it’s for
Dry humor and a tender friendship give this story its gently offbeat charm.
Themes
What it means to be human, Home and belonging, Friendship and care
Genres
Cat Stories, Alien Contact, Funny Stories

About this book

He’s not a stray house cat, he’s an immortal being. And now he must choose whether to return to his planet or remain with his new human friend in a humorous, heart-tugging story from the author of I, Cosmo. The cat that Olive rescues from a flood has a secret: he’s not really a cat at all, but an alien who crashed to Earth on a beam of light. The cat, whom Olive names Leonard, was prepared to visit the planet as a human—but something went wrong.

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Now Leonard may never know what it’s like to hold an umbrella, go bowling, or host a dinner party. (And his human jokes still need some work: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Just Leonard. It is me.) While Olive worries about whether she will have to move after her mom and her new boyfriend get back from their summer vacation, Leonard tries to figure out how to get from South Carolina to Yellowstone National Park, because if he’s not there at the end of the month, he’ll miss his ride home. But as Olive teaches Leonard about the beautiful and confusing world of humans, he starts to realize how much he cares about this particular one. A sweet and dryly funny story about what it means to be human—and what it means to be home.

A Cat, Slightly Cosmic

Dry humor and a tender friendship give this story its gently offbeat charm.

Come here for

  • An alien cat’s earnest, distinctly human jokes
  • Olive and Leonard learning what home can mean

Expect

  • Warmth threaded with dry humor
  • A playful take on friendship and belonging

Where it sits

Alien Contact94%
Funny Stories59%
Cat Stories56%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Cat Stories
  • Multigenerational Families
  • Alien Contact
Authors
Carlie Sorosiak
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
April 12, 2022
Format
Paperback
Theme
What it means to be human · Home and belonging · Friendship and care
Reading lane
Cat Stories