The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst

In Judith Viorsts’s The Tenth Good Thing about Barney, we meet the child narrator after his beloved cat, Barney, dies. In true Olivia’s House fashion, the boy’s mother suggests that they hold a funeral ritual for Barney, during which they can share their ten favorite things about their beloved cat. When the list only adds up to nine, the reader watches as Barney’s family finds that the lessons they’ve learned throughout the loss might just be the tenth good thing about Barney!