Okay, okay, hängt mich ruhig auf! Ja, ich hab den Vogel getötet. Du lieber Himmel, ich bin nun mal eine Katze!

Kuschel ist eine Katze. Sie jagt Vögel, buddelt Löcher ins Blumenbeet und schleppt tote Mäuse an. Alles ganz normal, findet sie.
Ihre Familie sieht das anders allen voran Ellie, die jedes Mal in Tränen ausbricht, wenn Kuschel eines ihrer "Geschenke" auf die Fußmatte legt. An einem Donnerstag ist Kuschel besonders stolz: Etwas dreckig vom Gezerre durch Garten und Katzenklappe, doch gut erhalten,
liegt Hoppel, der Hase der Nachbarin, in der Küche. Tot. Mausetot. Kuschels Familie gerät in Panik. Hoppel muss zurück in seinen Stall! Aber in diesem Zustand? Also rücken ihm Ellie und ihre Eltern mit warmem Wasser, Bürste und Fön zu Leibe
Anne Fine hat ein ganz anderes Katzenbuch geschrieben: Kuschels Tagebucheinträge sind katzenkomisch und herrlich schräg.

Informationen zum Autor Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003. Klappentext Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003. Zusammenfassung Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?

Zusammenfassung
Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?