Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on + 1568 more book reviews
I originally bought this Young Adult book for a friend's children, but of course I needed to read it first to make sure it was age-suitable. It certainly was! I laughed. I snorted. I giggled. I cried. This YA novel ought to be required reading for ANYBODY.
Oona's whole family still misses their beloved Dad horribly. Why did he have to get sick and die? But the discovery of Zook, a lost and injured cat, helped ease some of the pain.
But then Zook gets sick; he might even die. Oona is worried that another such loss will wound her little brother past recovery.
Then Dylan (the Villain) shows up. He helps Zook and maybe her mother, too-- but Oona knows something about Dylan, something, something she's not sure she should tell anyone.
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From back cover: Oona and her brother, Fred, love their cat Zook (short for Zucchini) more than anything. When he gets sick, the only way they can break him out of the vet's office and bring him home where he belongs is to tell a few whoppers. Luckily, Oona has a talent for whoppers. (Her best whoppers come in the form of stories, many of which she learned from their father, who died two years ago. Oona comforts Fred by telling him that Zook is only on the fifth of his nine lives, and then she invents wild and wonderful stories of the previous ones. But Oona's whoppers can't hide the surprising truth about Zook forever.
Oona's whole family still misses their beloved Dad horribly. Why did he have to get sick and die? But the discovery of Zook, a lost and injured cat, helped ease some of the pain.
But then Zook gets sick; he might even die. Oona is worried that another such loss will wound her little brother past recovery.
Then Dylan (the Villain) shows up. He helps Zook and maybe her mother, too-- but Oona knows something about Dylan, something, something she's not sure she should tell anyone.
* * * *
From back cover: Oona and her brother, Fred, love their cat Zook (short for Zucchini) more than anything. When he gets sick, the only way they can break him out of the vet's office and bring him home where he belongs is to tell a few whoppers. Luckily, Oona has a talent for whoppers. (Her best whoppers come in the form of stories, many of which she learned from their father, who died two years ago. Oona comforts Fred by telling him that Zook is only on the fifth of his nine lives, and then she invents wild and wonderful stories of the previous ones. But Oona's whoppers can't hide the surprising truth about Zook forever.
