Ten-year-old Abby and eight-year-old Ben live with their grandparents, Bernie and Marion, near a dilapidated New England farm with a barn that is home to a menagerie of old run-down animals. Just when the barn seems to have reached capacity, Whittington, a homeless cat, asks for admission. He looks bad, but he's a good storyteller. The story of his ancestry and how he got his name intrigues the animals. As Whittington unfolds a tale a long ago, the...