Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around

Name: Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Hilda Eunice Burgos
ISBN: 9798892743570

Author: Hilda Eunice Burgos

Series: Bodega Cats

Narrator: Ana Osorio, Victoria Villarreal

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

In the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny story about the friendship between a bodega owner's anxious kid and her newly adopted mischievous kitten. Everyone thinks Yesenia is calm, collected, and crushing it. But really, her stomach is constantly a ball of nerves. With parents who left their home in the Dominican Republic to make a better life for their kids, and three perfect, over-achieving older sisters, Yesenia can't let anyone know about the anxiety that’s causing her to fall behind in school. When her doctor tells her parents that taking care of an animal could help, little did they know her newly adopted kitten would be such a mischievous influence. All kitten Candy can think about is adventure—and what’s she supposed to do when her owner is cooped up inside helping at the bodega? But when Candy escapes and gets lost in New York City for a night, she realizes maybe the big open world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Can these two find a way out of feeling so lost, as long they’re together?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine on February 21, 2025

This story was excellent! The ending got a tear out of my eyes. Yesenia's stress was relieved and the cat's itching for adventure was satisfied. All was well in the end. The story was told in English with Spanish words here and there. At first I was confused with the audiobook alone but reading alon......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on December 13, 2024

Yesenia is a bundle of nerves. All the time. She’s trying to do well in school and also help in her family’s bodega AND live up to the achievements of her older sisters. She bombed her history test and is afraid to tell her family. In short, she’s a mess. Then her doctor suggests that she get a kitt......more

Goodreads review by Lori on January 07, 2025

In BODEGA CATS: JUST KITTEN AROUND, Yesenia has high achieving sisters and is struggling with school and with helping in her family’s bodega but doesn’t want to let her parents know. After her doctor suggests she get a pet to help her deal with her anxiety, her parents agree to let her get a kitten.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 21, 2025

The subtitle of Bodega Cats, is just Kitten Around. However despite the cute cover and title, this chapter book tackles some topics that are nothing to laugh about. Yesenia is a youngster dealing with anxiety and the pressure to live up to everyone's expectations. Her parents expect straight A's and......more