Life Eight: Nine Lives of Romeo Crumb (Quality)
Autor L. Rifkin Ilustrat de Kurt Hartmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 apr 2013 – vârsta de la 9 până la 12 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780988685383
ISBN-10: 0988685388
Pagini: 205
Dimensiuni: 141 x 215 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Stratford Road Press
Seria Nine Lives of Romeo Crumb (Quality)
ISBN-10: 0988685388
Pagini: 205
Dimensiuni: 141 x 215 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Stratford Road Press
Seria Nine Lives of Romeo Crumb (Quality)
Recenzii
"In this contemporary fantasy, cats can receive mortal wounds and recover eight times before their lives end permanently. Young Romeo Crumb was born to New York City alley cats who let him be taken to the Pound to protect him from Fidel, the evil leader of the alleys. He becomes a stick, a domestic cat, unaware of his heritage. Queen Elizabeth, a neighbor cat, introduces him to the streets and takes him to the Factory, where he attends school, learning survival techniques, cat history, and how to read. Romeo and his friends become involved in conflict with the sinister Fidel and his henchcats, with adventures, intrigues, rescues, and attacks leading to a final confrontation during which he learns the truth about his parentage. The characters are fully drawn, and Romeos efforts to find his family and help his friends ring true and create a sympathetic protagonist. His world is brought to life through descriptions of the decaying Factory and a field trip into the subway system. Fast pacing and building suspense will draw readers into the story and leave them looking forward to the projected eight additional books in this series."--Beth L. Meister, Yeshiva of Central Queens, Flushing, NY School Library Journal
"In this contemporary fantasy, cats can receive mortal wounds and recover eight times before their lives end permanently. Young Romeo Crumb was born to New York City alley cats who let him be taken to the Pound to protect him from Fidel, the evil leader of the alleys. He becomes a stick, a domestic cat, unaware of his heritage. Queen Elizabeth, a neighbor cat, introduces him to the streets and takes him to the Factory, where he attends school, learning survival techniques, cat history, and how to read. Romeo and his friends become involved in conflict with the sinister Fidel and his henchcats, with adventures, intrigues, rescues, and attacks leading to a final confrontation during which he learns the truth about his parentage. The characters are fully drawn, and Romeos efforts to find his family and help his friends ring true and create a sympathetic protagonist. His world is brought to life through descriptions of the decaying Factory and a field trip into the subway system. Fast pacing and building suspense will draw readers into the story and leave them looking forward to the projected eight additional books in this series."--Beth L. Meister, Yeshiva of Central Queens, Flushing, NY School Library Journal
"In this contemporary fantasy, cats can receive mortal wounds and recover eight times before their lives end permanently. Young Romeo Crumb was born to New York City alley cats who let him be taken to the Pound to protect him from Fidel, the evil leader of the alleys. He becomes a stick, a domestic cat, unaware of his heritage. Queen Elizabeth, a neighbor cat, introduces him to the streets and takes him to the Factory, where he attends school, learning survival techniques, cat history, and how to read. Romeo and his friends become involved in conflict with the sinister Fidel and his henchcats, with adventures, intrigues, rescues, and attacks leading to a final confrontation during which he learns the truth about his parentage. The characters are fully drawn, and Romeos efforts to find his family and help his friends ring true and create a sympathetic protagonist. His world is brought to life through descriptions of the decaying Factory and a field trip into the subway system. Fast pacing and building suspense will draw readers into the story and leave them looking forward to the projected eight additional books in this series."--Beth L. Meister, Yeshiva of Central Queens, Flushing, NY School Library Journal
Notă biografică
Upon entering the shadowy and clandestine world of felines, Lauren Rifkin made a remarkable discovery--cats do have nine lives. As a teacher for many years, Rifkin observed the countless books her students read, and it was their natural curiosity about the secret communication between animals that finally inspired her to write The Nine Lives of Romeo Crumb series. Setting out to test how the dark tone of "Life One" would be accepted, she read it out loud to a class of fifth graders under the guise of an unknown author. When they chose to miss recess time and again in order to hear more, and told others about the cool book their teacher was reading to them, Rifkin knew it was time for Romeo to make his entrance into the world. Thus, she created her remarkable nine book series, each book ending in one of Romeo's deaths. At the end of "Life Nine," Romeo is gone forever. Rifkin currently teaches first grade in Los Angeles, California.