by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hennepin County Library audiobook 5 discs
narrated by Anne Flosnik and Michael Page
genre: YA fantasy fiction
Quirky little story, but it kept my interest. The narrators did a good job with the different voices for the different characters, but I liked the female much, much more. Page's "Feliss el Gato" was so obnoxious I almost stopped listening. (I "get" that the character is a self-absorbed egomaniac, but it was hard to listen to him.)
From Goodreads:
"Magic, cunning, and one very special cat join forces in this hilarious, extraordinary tale by the author of Dairy Queen and Princess Ben.
An incredibly creative tale told with diaries, memoirs, encyclopedia
entries, letters, biographies, even a stage play, all woven together
into a grand adventure."
Fortitude / Trudy - the barmaid who can "see" things (danger, hope, the future of a sort)
Thomas / Tips - the ne'er do well kid who becomes an acrobat in the Emperor's Circus
Wisdom / Dizzy - she bugged the heck out of me. What a flighty, selfish girl.
Benevolence / Ben - my favorite character, a queen with class and smarts
Temperance / Teddy - Wisdom's sister, we don't get to know her much
Enjoyed listening to it (mostly) but wouldn't buy it for my collection. The cat / dog piece was enjoyable.
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