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The Abandoned (New York Review Children's Collection) Hardcover – April 9, 2013
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Everything is different when Peter comes to: He has fur, whiskers, and claws; he has become a cat himself! But London isn’t any kinder to cats than it is to children. Jennie, a savvy stray who takes charge of Peter, knows that all too well. Jennie schools young Peter in the ways of cats, including how to sniff out a nice napping spot, the proper way to dine on mouse, and the single most important tactic a cat can learn: “When in doubt, wash.” Jennie and Peter will face many challenges—and not all of them are from the dangerous outside world—in their struggle to find a place that is truly home.
- Reading age9 - 12 years
- Part of series
- Length
320
Pages
- Language
EN
English
- Grade level4 - 7
- Dimensions
5.8 x 0.9 x 8.5
inches
- PublisherNYR Children's Collection
- Publication date
2013
April 9
- ISBN-10159017626X
- ISBN-13978-1590176269
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“When I was 9 years old I plucked The Abandoned from my school library’s dusty shelves and fell in love with literature. The adventures that unfolded, reminiscent of The Wind in the Willows and Peter Pan, captured me so thoroughly I knew writing was part of my destiny.” —Naomi Serviss, Newsday
“This is one of Gallico's best works, making a perfect companion to his more famous 'Thomasina' and telling of a boy transposed into the body of a cat by accident. His life as a cat involves many hard lessons from companion Jennie in this excellent, sensitive story.” —Midwest Book Review
“Unalloyed delight. . . .You should be warned that if you hate cats you’d better not read this story, for it will entertain you and instruct you in the ways of cats, that your interest and liking will be aroused in spite of you.” —Chicago Sunday Tribune
“In portraying Jennie, a London tabby, Paul Gallico has given us not only a cat’s-eye-view of the cosmos, but also a cat immortal.” —Saturday Review of Literature
“Poetry and fantasy so skillfully impregnate the story that a parable of haunting wistfulness emerges.” —Christian Science Monitor
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- Publisher : NYR Children's Collection; Reprint edition (April 9, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 159017626X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1590176269
- Reading age : 9 - 12 years
- Grade level : 4 - 7
- Item Weight : 1.04 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.83 x 0.92 x 8.51 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #167,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,041 in Children's Cat Books (Books)
- #1,983 in Children's Classics
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This is a story of a small boy who gets turned into a cat, and then must quickly learn the lessons needed for feline survival in a rough, tough, post-WW II bombed-out London and Glasgow. Luckily, our protagonist has a coach in his trials for survival in the form of a she-cat, Jenny ('Jenny' was the original UK title of the book, by the way), and along the way we all learn lessons about survival, both feline and human.
Paul Gallico was a reporter in Nazi-Germany in the '30s and knows how to state a thought with clarity and immediacy. He was a prolific and eclectic writer - powerful adventure tales like 'Poseidon Down' made his success - and with this seemingly trivial 'cat story' one might get the impression that he 'throttled back'. But Gallico is a supreme observer of cats and humans, and in this surprising novel he is at the top of his game. I've read it twice (the first time out loud to my wife, who was so frightened by an unexpected twist in the story that she refused to read on), and I love the book. Love it enough for a re-read.
It's a book for cat lovers. It's a book for animal lovers...yeah, sure. But it's a book for observers of the cat and human condition, for thinkers, and especially those who appreciate damn good writing.