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In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter. “Diaz has not been afraid to take risks in illustrating the story with thickly textured paintings against a background of torn-paper and found-object collage. Without becoming cluttered or gimmicky, these pictures manage to capture a calamitous atmosphere that finally calms. . . . Both author and artist have managed to portray a politically charged event without pretense or preaching.”

夜色中的窗外烟雾迷漫，街上正在发生暴动。丹尼尔抱着小猫和妈妈站在窗户边静静地看着。半夜，丹尼家所在的大楼失火了，丹尼和妈妈被迫前往收容所。丹尼尔一直在向人打听他那丢失的小猫。最后，小猫找到了，它竟然和金太太的猫依偎在一起。要知道这两只猫可是天天打架，水火不容的，正如丹尼尔家和金太太家也是水火不容的……