num_pages: 176
description: When 11-year-old Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappy home life, she gets to know a poor family who has come to California after losing their Texas home to the dust storms of the 1930s. "Appealing and informative". --School Library Journal, starred.
language: English
title: Cat Running
titlecomplete: Cat Running
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Sports, Poverty, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 346
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: John and Patricia Beatty Award
publisher: Yearling