The Underneath
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Appelt, Kathi / Small, David, PUBLISHER: Aong>theong>neum Books, ong>Theong>re is nothing lonelier than a ong>catong> who has been loved, at least for a while, and ong>theong>n abandoned on ong>theong> side of ong>theong> road. A calico ong>catong>, about to have kittens, hears ong>theong> lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in ong>theong> backwaters of ong>theong> bayou. She dares to find him in ong>theong> forest, and ong>theong> hound dares to befriend this ong>catong>, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. ong>Theong>y are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges ong>theong> ong>catong> to hide underneath ong>theong> porch, to raise her kittens ong>theong>re because Gar-Face, ong>theong> man living inside ong>theong> house, will surely use ong>theong>m as alligator bait should he find ong>theong>m. But ong>theong>y are safe in ong>theong> Underneath...as long as ong>theong>y stay in ong>theong> 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 ong>Theong> Yearling, for everyone who loves ong>theong> 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 ong>theong> power of love -- and its opposite, hate -- ong>theong> fragility of happiness and ong>theong> importance of making good on your promises.