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The Underneath
 

The Underneath

by Kathi Appelt

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... (read more)

Top tags: fantasy,  friends,  animal characters,  animals,  bayou (all tags)

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Nancy S
  • Rated 4 stars

“This book took me by surprise. The cover led me to think it would be some sort of animal adventure story, or talking animal fable. It wasn't. Part legend, part myth, part love story, it was lyrical, mysterious, moving and layered. The "underneath" refers to the area under the porch of a cabin out in the bayous of east Texas, and more. There is the underneath found below the surface of the water of the bayou, the underneath below the roots of a tree, the underneath at the bottom of the...”

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Krys B
  • Rated 2 stars

“Who would have thought that a friendship could develop between a momma cat and a hound who becomes a surrogate father to her two kittens? This interesting story, set in the bayou in Louisiana, brings to life this friendship with very little dialogue, letting the descriptive tale set the pace and action.”

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  • Rated 3.863636 stars
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  • Rated 5 stars
  

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  • laini g

    laini g said:

    “who else found this book to be one of the best ever written?”

    posted Thursday, June 5 2008
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