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The Underneath (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers):
align="center">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 raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath.
Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten's one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O'Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love -- and its opposite, hate -- the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.
Price: $17.99
Published by Atheneum on 2008-05-06.
Average rating (37 reviews):
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 Rating: 8.0 |
Recent reviews:
Reviewed by anonymous on 2009-06-10: The book is written with simplicity and directness that belie the deep emotions it arouses. A story of love and loss and redemption, it renders a cat, two kittens and a dog endearing and unforgetable. The one human in the story (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2009-04-30: I spend a lot of time trying to find books that my children will love. And, just when I think I've figured it out with an exceptional choice, my daughter will discard the book with one glance at the cover. I (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2009-04-20: I feel that I should like this book - the reviews have been great, and it won a Newbery honor and a National Book Award. But I quite frankly did not like this book. First of all, the cover is very (read more ...)
Rating: 2.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2009-04-17: I got this for my son but wound up reading it first. I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down. I don't think it's too 'dark' or at all inappropriate for children. I really enjoyed the almost poetic tones and (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2009-04-16: Do not read this book to your kids, for it tells only the tales of misery. That the last chapter brings some joy is irrelevant. By then you have nothing left in you but the horror of all the preceding chapters: (read more ...)
Rating: 2.0
