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The Cat's Maw

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Summary

A BOY. A CAT. A NIGHTMARE IN TWO WORLDS! ***WINNER*** BEST YA MYSTERY -- Gelett Burgess Awards SILVER MEDAL (Pre-Teen) -- Moonbeam Awards TOP SHELF HONOREE -- VOYA Magazine (Middle Grade) 'Top 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime -- GOODREADS 'One of 8 Great Novels Starring Cats' -- CATSTER In the sleepy town of Appleton, a young loner follows a stray cat onto the road and is struck by a car. A leg is shattered, a summer is ruined, and the troubled life of Billy Brahm goes from bad...to CURSED. When the mysterious cat appears at his bedside, Billy is haunted by strange and prophetic dreams; the creatures in them speak of Watchers, and Shadows, and the Enemy that Awakens. Does this impossible realm hold the key to healing the broken boy? Is the golden-eyed cat there to help him...or to make the nightmares come true? Too frightened to share the truth with his strict adoptive parents, Billy realizes that the only ones he can turn to are the local vet's daughter, the town's 'crazy cat lady'... ...and a mystical talking TIGER, beckoning from his dreams!

Status
Complete
Chapters
24
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

Praise for The Cat's Maw

’Narnia (meets) Stephen King…an absolutely intriguing novel.

Sophisticated, scary, supernatural thrills.’

— VOYA Magazine 2015 TOP SHELF Honoree

’Exciting, dark and packed full of mystery.

A Red Ribbon winner and highly recommended.’

—The 2015 Wishing Shelf Book Awards

’A well-written and character-filled journey…

reminiscent of Diana Wynne Jones.

— The BookLife Prize for Fiction

’Burgess leaves readers clawing for the sequel.

Kids will enjoy it; adults will love it.′

—KIRKUS Reviews

'If you are the sort of person who enjoys being the first to know about something important, it’s high time you read this...'

—THE GUARDIAN

‘FIVE STARS - haunting fantasy not for the faint of heart.’

— MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

It’s a heady mixture handled with deft grace. The prose is lyrical and deceptively complex. Lo and behold, (Burgess) has returned...and it is brilliant.′

— LIVING MYTH MAGAZINE

’A wonderful mix of surrealism, fantasy, and reality…evocative and gut-wrenching. There is a dreamlike state that surrounds the novel —a harrowing adventure (that) is masterfully done.’

—SFBook Reviews

’Cinematic...lyrical...and quite often extraordinary.′

— SEAMUS CASHMAN

′TOP 100 Children’s Books to Read in a Lifetime’

—GOODREADS.com (Reader Ranking)

BEST YA MYSTERY

— 2015 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Awards

SILVER MEDALIST

— 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Awards

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