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Friday, November 19, 2010

The Underneath

"There is nothing lonelier than a cat that has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road." So begins the National Book Awarded the Underneath, by Kathi Appelt
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 named Ranger dares to be friends with the cat because his owner Gar face is very mean. He goes hunting at night and returns at dawn usually with a animal. The calico cat gives birth to two kittens, one boy and one girl. The boy was named puck and the girl was named Sabine. Grandmother mocisan is a snake 1,000 years old, and she misses her Daughter Night Song. She hates humans because once she transformed in to a human and loved a man but the man betrayed her and she transformed in to a snake again she new she could not go back in to a human skin.
What else will happen in the underneath?
Review by Simon, age 8
FastFacts:
Foul Language: None
Main Character in Danger: High
Violence: High
Reader Alert! This book has been voted very depressing by the reviewer. Read with caution, and at your own risk!
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