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Loading... A Friend Like Ben (2010)by Julia Romp, Megan Lloyd Davies
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book so warmed my heart. It is a true story about a Mom, her autistic son and a stray cat, named Ben. Julia is a single Mom with a autistic son, George, who is locked inside his own world. George cannot communicate well, doesn't get along with people nor can he express himself or his feelings. A stray cat enters their life and George begins to open up, show emotion and converse with his Mom in "cat talk". This story takes you on a journey of how a beloved cat opens up an autistic boy and brings true happiness into his life for what seems to be the first time in his life. Suddenly, the cat disappears and George reverts back to his ole self, growing more and more despondent. The story leaves your heart pounding page by page as you hope and pray along with Julia that their beloved cat, Ben will miraculously return and life will return to "normal" in their household. This book is a wonderful read and gives one a little insight into autism and the miracle of a cat named Ben. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:The heart-warming true holiday story of a little boy and the cat that changed his life. Julia’s nine-year-old son George was autistic. Quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world. Then one day a small black-and-white stray cat appeared in her garden and George’s face lit up. George bonded with Ben and began to open up to his mother as well. For three happy years, the trio was inseparable and George made remarkable progress. But then disaster struck—Ben went missing and George regressed. The weeks turned into months, and Christmas was fast approaching, but on December 21, Julia got a call from a family more than fifty miles away, which finally offered a ray of hope... Genuinely touching, The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas is a story about devotion, love, and a holiday miracle, and is the perfect gift for cat lovers as well as fans of Lil Bub, I Am Pusheen the Cat, and A Street Cat Named Bob. Perfect for: • White elephant gifts • Animal lover gifts • Cat gifts • Gifts for cat lovers • Christmas gifts. No library descriptions found. |
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Every autistic child is different. I picked this book because my brother is severely autistic, my brother was a happy and contented baby, George was the opposite with constant crying and didn't want to be touched. Like my brother, nursery school was not successful and then grade school was the same. Both later went to a special school that helped some. But George's mother reluctantly adopted a white and black cat that started to show up wandering around their yard and garden. The cat did not look very appealing. It had huge belly that dragged the floor and its fur was very dirty. But George showed interest in the cat, so Julia took it to the vet. The belly had a huge cyst which the vet removed, and they also found out that the cat was a male. Ben, a feral cat slowly warned up to George and the rest is the story of their relationship and what happened when Ben disappeared.
I enjoyed this book so much because Julia's story of her son George and the cat. I connected immediately with the story because of George and Ben the cat. We also had a black and white cat named Happy Day. My brother loved Happy Day. Sadly, when my mother passed away, the group home that he was quickly placed in gave away the cat, so he had to grieve both for my mother and Happy Day. ( )