NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE STATE AWARDS! Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! Introducing an irresistible new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats!)--perfect for fans of Guts , Awkward and Real Friends (not to mention anyone who loves cats!) “Readers will revel in the heroic antics.” -- The New York Times Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship (why is Beth barely writing back? And who's this boy she keeps talking about?!), AND crack the biggest story in the city's history? Some heroes have capes . . . Katie has cats! Don't miss the next Katie the Catsitters— Katie the Catsitter 2: Best Friends for Never and Katie the Catsitter 3: Secrets and Sidekicks ! A Florida Sunshine State Reader Award nominee A South Carolina Book Award nominee A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee A Vermont Golden Dome Book Award nominee A Maine Student Book Award nominee A North Carolina Children's Book Award nominee An Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award nominee An Illinois Bluestem Readers’ Choice nominee And more! AWARDS •  2023 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award •  2023 Rhode Island Children's Book Award •  2022 Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award •  2022 Florida Sunshine State Book Award •  2022 Maine Student Book Award •  2022 South Carolina Children's Book Award •  2022 Vermont Golden Dome Book Award