The Year of the Buttered Cat, Lexi Haas
The Year of the Buttered Cat, Lexi Haas
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The Year of the Buttered Cat
A Mostly True Story

Author: Lexi Haas, Susan Haas

Narrator: Alexandra Ryan

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

A funny and empowering memoir from a girl with a severe form of cerebral palsy, for fans of Wonder and Out of My Mind.

When she was just a tiny baby, something terrible happened to Lexi. It left her with an out-of-control body and without a voice. Now, as a precocious, superhero-obsessed thirteen-year-old, Lexi is counting down the final 24 hours to a risky brain surgery that might help her talk or—dare she dream it?—to walk and use her hands.

As surgery grows closer, Lexi finds an urgent, relentless need to share the story of the year in her life she calls The Year of the Buttered Cat. That year, on the verge of shutting out the rest of the world, Lexi began a gutsy and solitary quest to find her "missing" body… and she learns new ways to reach out to the world to save her friendships and uncover the startling truth about what happened to her as a baby.

In the spirit of Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper, here is a riveting story that offers empowering messages of friendship, family, and the art of redefining ourselves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly

This is a must-read book for sure! Heartfelt, laugh out loud funny, relatable, and entertaining from beginning to end. Lexi’s perspective in this book is so eye-opening and honest, you experience the story right along with her. From the shenanigans of her brother, Tucker, to the worries of her paren......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

I met Lexi and Susan in 2006 when my daughter and Lexi were in the same dance class. I have never seen a happier child and a more devoted mom -and family! This book is funny, insightful, sad, most mostly inspirational. I highly recommend reading The Year of the Buttered Cat.......more

Goodreads review by Amy

This book is unlike anything I've read before. It's hard to write a review that will actually do it justice. Susan and Lexi transport the reader into the body and mind of a young child who's lost use of her body and ability to speak. It's heartfelt and emotionally moving, yet also laugh-out-loud funn......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

I will never again complain about all of the heel sticks my babies have been forced to suffer. Never. Also, Lexi is funny. And I would have died unfulfilled if I'd never read the story of the buttered cat.......more


Quotes

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

* "This moving, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir with an intriguing title follows disabled, mostly nonverbal, super-smart Lexi Haas and her family. Readers will cheer Lexi on as she comes to terms with herself and her situation. Highly recommended."—Booklist, starred review

* "This book is an inspiring story filled with love, laughs, and support. Readers may not have known Lexi before reading her story, but they will love her after. An excellent nonfiction pairing where titles like R.J. Palacio's Wonder, Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Fish in a Tree, and Sharon M. Draper's Out of My Mind are popular."—School Library Journal, starred review

"Amusing and compelling."—Kirkus Reviews

"An amazing and beautiful story."—Youth Services Book Review