The Underneath
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1416950591 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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There is the tale of an abandoned, pregnant calico cat who finds shelter and friendship with the bloodhound, Ranger. All rights reserved. . Three separate but eventually entwined stories are told piecemeal. However, the constant shift of focus from one story line to the next is distracting and often leads to lost threads. The threads are brought together when Puck, one of the newborn kittens, breaks the rule of straying from the safety of The Underneath, the sliver of space beneath Gar Face's porch where Ranger is chained and the cats live. Themes of betrayal, hope, and love are reflected in the three stories, but this is a leisurely, often discouraging journey to what is ultimately an appropriate ending.—Kara Schaff Dean, Walpole Public Library, MACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 4–8—Appelt brings Southern Gothic to the middle grade set. A
Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. And one kitten's one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. But they are safe in the Underneathas long as they stay in the Underneath. 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.. 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. 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. There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then
"Flattened by The Underneath" according to Rebecca Davis. The Underneath: My ReactionIt must be a good book. I've never finished a book before and been absolutely, compulsively driven to write a review. I am this time. But I hated the book.The YA authors in my writing group agreed to each read one of the books nominat. Good read This story made me cry. Sacrificial love.. Wonderful and unique Kathi Appelt's book The Underneath is a fresh, beautifully written book told from the voices of animals, a man named Gar Face and the spirits of the ancient swampy forest. I didn't realize it was considered a book for young readers until I had finished it. It h