Summary
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road.
A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743572088 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743572084 |
| Author: | Kathi Appelt, Gabra Zackman |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Format: | Compact Disc |
| Number of Pages: | 5 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 127mm x 146mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“The Underneathis as enchanting as a hummingbird, as magical as the clouds.” – Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Medal-winning author ofKira-Kira
“A mysterious and magical story; poetic yet loaded with suspense.” – Louis Sachar, Newbery Medal-winning author of Holes
“The Underneath is as enchanting as a hummingbird, as magical as the clouds.” – Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira
“Rarely do I come across a book that makes me catch my breath, that reminds me why I wanted to be a writer – to make of life something beautiful, something enduring. The Underneath is a book of ancient themes – love and loss and betrayal and redemption – woven together in language both timeless and spellbinding. A classic.” – Alison McGhee, author of the New York Times bestselling Someday
“Kathi Appelt’s novel, The Underneath, reads like a ballad sung.” – Ashley Bryan, Hans Christian Anderson Award Nominee and Three-Time Coretta Scott King Award Medalist
Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband.
Gabra Zackman knows romance. Her clever and “thrilling romantic caper” (Library Journal) Bod Squad series was inspired by the more than one hundred romance and women’s fiction titles she has narrated for audio. She divides her time between her native New York City and Denver, Colorado.
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