Ever since her mother's death, Jasmine has wanted to be a detective, but her father is 100% against this plan. He forces her to go on vacation to Las Vegas with him and her step-mother, Sherri. Las Vegas isn't really where Jas wants to be, but she decides to make the best of it by lounging by the pool and ogling a cute guy named Jack. That's where the "bad kitty" comes in. Jas is attacked by a three-legged cat that happens to belong to the son of a famous model. The model, Fiona Bristol, it turns out, was involved in quite a scandal the previous year: she was having an affair and her boyfriend, Len Phillips, ended up dead. Fiona's husband was charged with the crime. Jas quickly finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery and calls for backup from her friends Polly, Roxy, and Tom. As Jas begins to find clues about the murder, she realizes that cute Jack is somehow part of the mystery. So, who really killed Len Phillips? And just exactly how was Jack involved? Read Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe to find out--and enjoy more than a few laughs along the way!
Review
I read Bad Kitty because it was on the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award nominee list a couple of years ago, and I've always looked to this list as one of my sources of books to recommend to my students. The book is hilarious: it is really just a quick, fun read. It would be a great choice for high school girls, especially reluctant readers. Jaffe has since written a sequel called Kitty, Kitty, as well as a graphic novel called Catnipped, so students who like the novel could follow up with those titles. The bottom line is that if you want a quick, easy, funny mystery, you'll love it. If you want a serious mystery, it probably won't be your style.
References
[Cover art for Bad kitty]. (2008). Retrieved from
http://ebookw.net/ebook/mobile_ebooks_readers/241233-0060781106.html
Jaffe, M. (2006). Bad kitty. New York: HarperTeen.
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