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Illutrations copyright © 2008 by David Frankland.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lisle, Janet Taylor.
Highway cats / Janet Taylor Lisle; illustrated by David Frankland. p. cm. Summary:
A hard-bitten group of mangy highway cats is changed forever after the mysterious
arrival of three kittens. 1. Cats—Juvenile fiction. [1. Cats—Fiction.] I. Frankland,
David, ill. II. Title. PZ10.3.L68Hi 2008 [Fic]—dc22 2008017165

ISBN: 978-1-1012-0073-5