To earn money for fees to join her best friend at Camp Bear Lake, Katie, who is white, tries to get work doing odd jobs in her apartment building. Watering plants, cleaning, and carrying groceries are all a bust, but a cat-sitting job for glamorous Ms. Lang in 5B has potential. It turns out brown-skinned Ms. Lang not only has a LOT of cats (217!) but they are individually extraordinary and collectively a force to be reckoned with. Mackerel is a semaphore expert; Mariposa has a photographic memory; Pierogi is skilled in textiles, Moe crafts and glue guns, Moritz counterattacks. The list of cats—and their unique talents—goes on. Katie has started to suspect Ms. Lang may be the alter ego of supervillain Mousetress, because Ms. Lang is always out when Mousetress commits a crime. But it turns out Ms. Lang and her cats are firmly on the side of good—is Katie ready to join them? This hilarious, hypoallergenic graphic novel with a secondary friendship plot is quirky, clever, and, to be continued. (Ages 7-10)

NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE STATE AWARDS!

Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! Introducing an irresistible new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats!)--perfect for fans of Guts, Awkward and Real Friends (not to mention anyone who loves cats!)

“Readers will revel in the heroic antics.” --The New York Times

Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship (why is Beth barely writing back? And who's this boy she keeps talking about?!), AND crack the biggest story in the city's history? Some heroes have capes . . . Katie has cats!

Don't miss the next Katie the Catsitters—Katie the Catsitter 2: Best Friends for Never and Katie the Catsitter 3: Secrets and Sidekicks!

A Florida Sunshine State Reader Award nominee
A South Carolina Book Award nominee
A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee
A Vermont Golden Dome Book Award nominee
A Maine Student Book Award nominee
A North Carolina Children's Book Award nominee
An Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award nominee
An Illinois Bluestem Readers’ Choice nominee
And more!