This is the delightful story of Minnie, a cat who has become a human. She is rescued from a tree by Tibbs, a local reporter. His job is at risk because he can’t come up with new story ideas. The cats of this town have a lot of news, and Minnie’s ability to talk to cats helps Tibbs quite a lot.

This is a very good chapter book for middle readers. The first half of the story deals with Minnie, who spends part of her time exploring this new world and the rest longing to be a cat again. The transformation is not something the main character thinks about much, and we learn what happened when she does in the latter half of the story. Also emphasized in the second half of the book is the main villain, giving both main characters a challenge for the rest of the tale.

Minnie and Tibbs are well written characters, and both grow and learn over the course of the story. The author uses humor and drama effectively. While I can’t speak to the original Dutch, this translation worked very well for me. Recommended to middle and younger readers everywhere - 4 stars out of 5.