One-Eyed Cat is about a kid named Ned Wallis who shoots a cat with an air-rifle and eventually confesses.

This book is another novel centered around the main character's guilt for doing a wrong. I found it to be very dull and distasteful, as I have already had my own real-life struggles with similar topics. I didn't relate well to the characters, either.

I wouldn't recommend reading this book. I think it is boring and that there are better books to read.

One-Eyed Cat is about a kid named Ned Wallis who shoots a cat with an air-rifle and eventually confesses.



This book is another novel centered around the main character's guilt for doing a wrong. I found it to be very dull and distasteful, as I have already had my own real-life struggles with similar topics. I didn't relate well to the characters, either.



I wouldn't recommend reading this book. I think it is boring and that there are better books to read.

One-Eyed Cat is about a kid named Ned Wallis who shoots a cat with an air-rifle and eventually confesses.

This book is another novel centered around the main character's guilt for doing a wrong. I found it to be very dull and distasteful, as I have already had my own real-life struggles with similar topics. I didn't relate well to the characters, either.

I wouldn't recommend reading this book. I think it is boring and that there are better books to read.

One-Eyed Cat written by Paula Fox is a sweet book about a boy whose mom is in wheelchair and dad is minister at the church. Ned the boy receives a share of trouble throughout the book. I enjoyed this book because it is interesting within the book about Rivers, and animals. I disliked the book because it started out so slow in the beginning and rest of the book. I also disliked the book because the characters are dull and there isn't much rising action and major conflict so it is not as exciting as other books. I also liked it because of it's setting of different places by the Hudson River. This is a good book, I suggest reading it. Good reading for all ages.


Dylan P.
Creston, California

The year is 1935. Ned Wallis is 11 years old. For his birthday, Ned's wealthy uncle gives him an air rifle. Ned's father, a preacher in upstate New York, says that Ned is too young for a rifle, so he puts the gun in the attic, telling Ned that when he's 14, he can have it. But Ned goes to the attic after everybody else is in bed and takes the rifle outdoors. While he's aiming it just for fun, he spots a shadow of movement by the shed, and he pulls the trigger. Shooting the gun sobers him up, and he feels very guilty for disobeying his father. He puts the gun away. It has lost all excitement for him now.

Ned doesn't want to tell anybody what he did. But he's afraid because, when he went back to the house, he saw a face looking out of the attic window. He doesn't know who it was, and he doesn't know what the person saw. Then one day, while he's working at his elderly neighbor's house after school, he sees a cat. The cat is wild, dirty, and grungy --- and it only has one eye. There's just a hole where the other eye was. The cat keeps shaking his head, and he's deaf. Ned is sure that he shot the cat.

Winter is coming; Ned and his neighbor, old Mr. Scully, are afraid the cat will freeze to death. He's thin and sick from pain and hunger, and he can't hunt well with only one eye. Mr. Scully sets out food for him, and he and Ned watch through the window while the cat sleeps by the shed. At first it looks like he's going to be okay. The food perks him up. But as the days get colder and it starts snowing, the cat gets sicker. One day he's just a mound covered with snow, and he doesn't move.

Will Ned be able to tell someone what he did? How can anybody forgive him for hurting an innocent animal? What will happen when Mr. Scully has a stroke and goes to a nursing home? Can Ned take care of the cat alone? Will the cat survive? You will want to find out once you start this gripping novel, which won a Newbery Honor award in 1985.

--- Reviewed by Tamara Penny

One-Eyed Cat is a strong and compelling story up until the end when protagonist confesses his guilt. His parents let him off too easily giving the impression that it's okay after all to shoot wild or stray animals.

One-Eyed Cat is a strong and compelling story up until the end when protagonist confesses his guilt. His parents let him off too easily giving the impression that it's okay after all to shoot wild or stray animals.

One-Eyed Cat was a worthy book to read. It was the kind of book that you just can't put down after the first chapter.
Ned Wallis lived with his family near the Hudson River in Tyler, New York, in 1935. Ned was a very kind and sweet boy. He almost never spoke back to his parents, except once. Reverend James Wallis, Ned's papa, as Ned called him, was about as impeccable as you can get. Ned's mama was an ill woman who was suffering from a terrible disease that caused her hands and fingers to get horribly twisted in knots. Ned had a housekeeper, Mrs. Scallop, that Ned, his mama, and his papa
disliked. She was very cruel when it came to her cooking and cleaning. Ned also had two neighbors, Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Scully. Mrs. Kimball helped Mrs. Wallis with her sickness, often visiting their house. Mrs. Kimball had over five children. Ned thought that her children were like a bunch of wild monkeys running around her house. At eighty years old, Mr. Scully was very feeble. Ned would help Mr. Scully, after school, with chores that he did for him around his house. After a while Ned and Mr. Scully became very good friends. Ned thought his Uncle Hilary was the greatest in the world. He traveled to whereever you could imagine. He frequently sent back presents to Ned of the places he visited.
It was almost Ned's eleventh birthday and Ned was very excited since his uncle had come home to celebrate it with him. Uncle Hilary told Ned to open the present he had brought him. After slowly and carefully unraveling the wrapping paper, Ned was surprised to find that it was a gun.
Ned's father, as being the Reverend, did not agree at all with the gun idea. Ned's father concluded as saying, "Ned, there is nothing to imagine with a gun except something that was dead." Then he took the gun upstairs, Ned watching him in the process, placed it in the attic. That night, Ned's father told him that he trusted him entirely not to touch the gun. Ned stayed up all night, thinking about how that gun felt in his arms after he unwrapped it. Such power and control he had in himself when he held it. He couldn't help himself from going upstairs, in the attic, and get the gun for himself. He took his shoes off, as not to make any noise, and tip-toed to the attic. When he got there the light reflecting from the moon shone on the beautiful gun. Ned grabbed the gun quickly and quietly stepped out the door of his house.
At last, he was free with the gun by his side all alone. Then, he aimed it at a shadow in the woods that looked alive to him. He knew that he wasn't going to shoot anything. But, all of the sudden, accidently, his sweating wet fingers slipped on the trigger of the gun and hit that shadow in the woods. Ned turned back, looking up at the house and in one of the windows of the house was someone staring at him, seeing everything that Ned had done! Ned looked as hard and as close in the window as he could, but he couldn't tell who it was looking at him. Could it have been Mama, who could hardly stand, or was it mean Mrs. Scallop? It also could have been Papa.
Ned went along as if it never happened, even that he knew that it did. Everyday after school Ned would walk to Mr. Scully's house to help him. Then one day while he was there, Mr. Scully pointed out a strange cat. Ned looked at it closer and noticed that it only had one eye and must have been struggling to live. It had blood around the rim of his empty eye socket. Ned went home that night crying, knowing that must have been the shadow that he hit with his gun that dark night. But, was it really the cat that he hit or nothing at all?
In conclusion, I thought that Mrs. Paula Fox made a beautiful choice in publishing One-Eyed Cat. If she never had, then I would have never been able to read such and interesting and suspenseful book. Hopefully, this book has made others more aware that seemingly harmless actions could cause devastating results.

One-eyed cat was, I have to say was the summit compared to all the other books I have read.It was the kind of book that you can't just put down after one chapter, even though I idmit I may have put it down a couple times.
Ned Wallis lived with his family near the Hudson river in Tyler, N.Y. in 1935. Ned was a very kind and sweet boy, he never talked back to his parents, except once. Reverend James Wallis, Ned's papa, as Ned called him, was about as impeccable as you can get. Ned's mama was an ill woman, she suffered from a disease. The disease caused her hands and fingers to get horribly twisted in knots. Ned also had a housekeeper, Mrs. Scallop. Ned, his mama, and his papa, very much disliked Mrs. Scallop, she was very cruel when it came to her cooking and cleaning. Ned had two neighbors,Mrs. Kimball and Mr.Scully. Mrs. Kimball helped Mrs. Wallis with her sickness, she often visited their house. Mrs. Kimball had over five children. It seemed to Ned as if her children were a bunch of wild monkeys running around her house. Mr. Scully was an extremely feeble man at eighty years old. Ned would help Mr. Scully, after school, with chores that he did for him around his house. After a while, Ned and Mr. Scully became very good friends. Then, of course, there was Ned's uncle, Uncle Hilary. Uncle Hilary, Ned thought was the greatest uncle in the world. He travelled to wherever you could imagine. He frequently sent back presents to Ned of the places he visited. He once sent him back a bronze goat from Greece, that Ned could easily fit inside the palm of his hand.
It was almost Ned's eleventh birthday. Ned was the most excited he ever could have been because Uncle Hilary had come home that day for it!! Ned was very excited, Uncle Hilary said that he could open his present form him!! Except the present that Ned was about to open was very much different than the other ones Ned's uncle had given him. After slowly and carefully unraveling the wrapping paper, what seemed to come out of the paper was, a gun. Ned's father, as being the Reverend did not agree at all with the gun idea. Reverend Wallis talked to Uncle Hilary and told him that he disagreed. Ned's father concluded as saying, "Ned, there is nothing to imagine with a gun except something that was dead." Then he took the gun upstairs, Ned watching him in the process, and placed it in the attic. That night Ned's father told Ned that he trusted him entirely not to touch the gun. Ned stayed up all night, he couldn't stop thinking about how that gun felt in his arms after he unwrapped it. Such power and control he had in himself when he held it. He couldn't help himself, but to go upstairs, in the attic, and get the gun for himself. He took his shoes off so he wouldn't make any noise and he tip-toed to the attic. When he got there he was stucken by light reflecting from the moon, that shone on the beautiful gun. Ned grabbed the gun quickly and quietly stepped out the door to his house. At last, he was free with the gun by his side all alone. Then, he aimed it towards a shadow in the woods, the shadow looked alive to him, but he knew that he wasn't going to shoot anything anyway. All of the sudden, accidently, his sweating, wet fingers slipped on the trigger to the gun and it hit that shadow in the woods. Ned turned back, looking up at the house and in one of the windows to his house, there was someone staring down at him, seeing everything that Ned had done! Ned looked as hard and as close in the window as he could, but he couldn't tell who it was looking at him. Ned studied it later. Could it have been his mama, that can hardly even stand or was it mean Mrs.Scallop. It also could have been his papa.
Ned went along with it as if it never happened, even though he knew that it did. Everyday after school Ned would walk to Mr. Scully's house to help him. Then one day while he was there, Mr. Scully pointed out a strange cat. Ned looked at it closer and noticed that it only had one eye and must have been stuggling to live. It had blood around the rim of his empty eye. Ned went home that night crying, knowing that that must have been the shadow that he hit with the gun that dark night. But, was it really the cat he hit or was really nothing at all?
In conclusion, I thought that Ms. Paula Fox made a beautiful choice in publishing One-eyed cat. If she never had, then I would have never been able to read such an interesting and suspenseful book.

The book oNe-eyed cat is about a boy who shoots a cat in the eye and has guilts about it. This book was terribly put together and had no plot what so ever. I flunked my reading test on this book because it was so boring, it went through one ear and out the other. I do not reccomend this book. It would have been netter if there was more action other than a little boy shooting a cat in the eye and hoping he wont get in trouble.

Dont waste that time. I had to take a test on that book for school and it was so boring i couldnt remember what happened. If you are as boring as a rock you might like this book. Anyways I couldnt remember anything and I got a 50% on my test. There was way to many suttle adjectives. It needed more of a plot than a cat getting shot in the eye by a little bratty boy.

One-Eyed Cat
Paula Fox

This book teaches many lessons of life. The One-Eyed Cat is about a young eleven-year-old boy, Ned, who gets a gun for his Birthday from his uncle. His dad said, "You can have it when you are older", but sometimes kids never learn. Ned later that night went to go get it, and took it outside only to shot it once. Ned later met a cat with only one eye at his neighbor's house when he was cleaning up. He started to think, did I shot the cat? Am I the one responsible for the cat only having one eye? This book teaches kids that they should always listen to their elders, even when they think they are right. When one of his close friends died, Ned learned that life isn't always fair but he must make the best of it. He learned that when he has guilt on the shoulders, he shouldn't keep it all in side. When he felt like something is eating him away, he learned to come clean and talk to someone about how he has been feeling. I would recommend this to anyone who loves to read about life and a person learning to be more grown up.

This is a very great book and it teaches great morals. It teaches people not to disobey their elders and it teaches them to tell their parents of their guilt. This is a great book for a fourth graders and up! I give this wonderful book five stars because I got hooked on this book! Ned gets a gun for his eleventh birthday. His Dad puts it in the attic, but Ned sneaks it out of the attic and shoots at a shadow. Later, he finds out he shot at a cat. His guilt builds up and he admits his guilt to his Dad.