01131cam a2200337 4500 371071912 TxAuBib 20101209120000.0 031211t20032002||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780756915704 0756915708 KToSCC KToSCC TxAuBib Kehret, Peg. The stranger next door / [by] Peg Kehret and Pete the Cat. New York : Puffin, 2003. ©2002. 162 p. ; 20 cm. A clever cat's heroism helps two 12-year-old boys become friends after their families, one of which is in a witness protection program, move to neighboring houses in Hilltop, Washington. 4-8. 10-14. 4.7. 680 Lexile. U Guided Reading Level. Reading Counts RC 680 5.3 9.0 Q29499. 20060412. Witnesses Protection Fiction. Cats Fiction. Arson Fiction. Moving Fiction. Friendship Fiction.