The Easter Cat

Millicent loves cats. She wants a kitten more than anything in the world, but her mother's allergies make it impossible. When a stray kitten finds its way into her living room, Millicent is caught in a dilemma. She knows she can't keep it but can't bear to send it away... so she hides it in her room.

Morning brings her mother wheezing and sneezing - and Millicent is desperate to keep her special kitten. Together they seek refuge under the porch. Millicent knows she and her new friend can't hide out forever, but she has to think of a plan...

Not much like others by the author, and imo too light & yet too melodramatic... too implausible. Young me would have scoffed, too. Reads like he wrote it with an individual in mind, perhaps a favorite grandchild is in a situation similar to Mimi's.

Not Hoban's best work on the art, either. I'm undecided whether her illustrations fit the tone of the story.

However I will continue to read whatever I can find by him.

Mimi wants a cat very badly, so she's always feeding cats in the alley and getting in trouble for it. She's very excited to discover a secret clubhouse under the porch, and when the cat she thinks is the best present for Easter ever turns out to be a stray that she can't keep, she runs away from home and hides there. Her whole family is very upset and searches for her, but it takes a nearby detective to find her and find a solution so that she can keep her Easter kitten after all.