Cat Sitter: Mystery of the Siamese — Teresa Ives Lilly

Chapter Book Each book in this series represents a different month of the school year and during each month Cat, a 12 year old 4th grader, takes on a different cat sitting job. At the same time, each month Cat's teacher teaches the class a different poetry style. The readers will learn this poetry process as well while reading the story. In this charming first book, Cat is asked to watch a neighbor's Siamese cat named Percy. Percy is usually the most perfectly behaved cat, but while on duty, Cat notices that Percy is not acting like himself and the destruction he leaves behind makes Cat wonder if she will ever get any mercy. In this book Cat and the reader learn to write a Haiku poem.