The Underneath
Kathi Appelt, © 2008
illustrations by David Small
children/young-adult fiction; 310 pages
Lyrical, suspenseful, heart-breaking and warming, and mystical are all words that can describe the debut novel of Kathi Appelt. I discovered this book while at BookPeople shopping for holiday presents. It was one of the staffs' picks for best children's novels. This is no ordinary children's novel.
Set in the bayou woods bordering Texas and Louisiana, the novel describes how the lives of a bitter alcoholic, a hound dog, a calico cat and her kittens, and the mysterious animals and trees of the swamp converge. I personally loved the author's imaginative depiction of trees as sentient and wise.
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