Richter, Jutta. The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity. Translated by Brailovski, Anna.
This fable is about a girl named Christine who is always late for school and the reason is that she stops to talk to a white cat on her way to school. They talk about loneliness, math, and eternity. At first, Christine is excited about the white feline, but later changes her mind. When she is sent to the Principal's office to tell him why she is late she decides to tell him the truth, but he did not believe her and made her write 200 lines that said "There are no talking cats and in the future, I will come to class on time." The cat warns her not to do the lines or she will end up believing that there are no such things as talking cats. It is an interesting ten chapter book that is suitable for children 9 years of age and older because of the vocabulary. Younger children might not know some of them. It is good to read stories from other countries. The black and white illustrations were very detailed.
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