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gmamartha's review
2.0
Not sure if this is science fiction or just strange. Continuing a saga, evidently. But some of 'my' kids really like this one.
ocurtsinger's review
4.0
It keeps getting weirder and weirder, but I love every minute of it. Pinkwater writes wacky stuff without the story being too kitschy or absurd. In this latest adventure, expect to find backyard UFOs, apple fritters, alternate dimensions, secret societies, dopplegangers, strange monsters, and pineapple hats. Only Pinkwater could weave all those things together into a great book.
lazygal's review
3.0
Most of this book was quite enjoyable - the puns, silly people (a Professor of Classical Accounting who occasionally checks himself into a madhouse) and adventures made me smile. There were moments, however, when I felt that either the author was reaching for filler or that he was just plain reaching. I also wonder about some of his allusions: if a student were to research Poughkeepsie, based on this book, they'd be disappointed (his tale about Bannerman's Island, on the other hand, is a good introduction... minus the trolls).
Fans of this series will not want to miss this book, and if middle school students haven't yet found their way to Pinkwater's works, hand this to them!
ARC provided by publisher.
Fans of this series will not want to miss this book, and if middle school students haven't yet found their way to Pinkwater's works, hand this to them!
ARC provided by publisher.
kmccubbin's review
3.0
Let me start by saying that Daniel Pinkwater is a national treasure. Funny, absurd, nostalgic and ridiculous (in the best way), he is a writer that speaks to much of the best of what is unique about this country. That said, this loose sequel to his Yggyssey and Nediad is a little too disjointed for my tastes. It's not that it isn't funny, it has a good laugh on almost every page, but without ever really settling in on a through line other than that we don't know what the Cat-Whiskered Girl really is, the whole thing becomes exhausting. Best taken in small doses, this is not one of my favorite Pinkwaters.
pussreboots's review
5.0
"Incidentally, I don't know how late you were planning to stay, but there is an excellent film this evening The Snake Pit. It's a wonderful comedy. I've seen it several times." p. 40.
Big Audrey has her own quest in Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater. She hitches a ride from Los Angeles to Poughkeepsie, New York and there she finds clues to her true identity.
This book is like the Shutter Island for middle graders and tweens. What appears to be real isn't necessarily real and what appears to be a hallucination might actually be the real deal. And it was for this back and forth between the real and unreal that I so love the book.
Audrey meets a professor who has voluntarily checked himself into the local insane assylum because it seemed like the thing to do. She also meets Molly, the psychic who can see things for what they really are. Molly ends up being her best source of clues for learning her true identity.
The search though takes her up river to see a scary monster, through time to the town's past and to a parallel plane of existence. It would take too long to explain everything.
It was a fun read and made me laugh as much as The Neddiad did.
Big Audrey has her own quest in Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater. She hitches a ride from Los Angeles to Poughkeepsie, New York and there she finds clues to her true identity.
This book is like the Shutter Island for middle graders and tweens. What appears to be real isn't necessarily real and what appears to be a hallucination might actually be the real deal. And it was for this back and forth between the real and unreal that I so love the book.
Audrey meets a professor who has voluntarily checked himself into the local insane assylum because it seemed like the thing to do. She also meets Molly, the psychic who can see things for what they really are. Molly ends up being her best source of clues for learning her true identity.
The search though takes her up river to see a scary monster, through time to the town's past and to a parallel plane of existence. It would take too long to explain everything.
It was a fun read and made me laugh as much as The Neddiad did.
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