The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
August 10, 2009 — msmoellerThe Underneath by Kathi Appelt
This is two stories which seem to alternate, but come together magically at the end. A calico cat meets a hound dog and an unusual friendship begins. When Sabine and Puck are born to the calico cat, the four become an odd family. Gar Face is the owner of Ranger, the dog, is mean and causes tragedy to the new family. In the other story, a shape-shifting water serpent has been asleep in the Piney Woods mystical forest and is coming to life again. Although it seems like a typical animal story or a good versus evil story, it is more.
The cover is not fitting of the book. Keep in mind the old saying, “Don’t judge the book by it’s cover.”
rincess Rose and her eleven princess sisters have a big secret. Every night at midnight they are compelled to go dance for the evil King Under Stone, but magically, the only evidence of this curse to others in their kingdom is the girls’ worn out dancing shoes and their visible exhaustion. And they can’t tell why or the curse will make life worse for them!

