The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity is the 2008 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor Book. It was written by Jutta Richter, and translated from German by Anna Brailovsky. I enjoyed this book very much until the end. It ended too abruptly and the conclusion was unclear. Eight-year-old Christine has been talking with a white cat every day, but on the last page she knows that eternity is over and she will never speak with the cat again. My favorite part was when the headmaster of her school, tired of her arriving late everyday, ordered her to write two hundred times “There are no talking cats and in the future I will come to class on time.” She fretted over the words because writing them would make her believe it. So, she leaves out the word “No”. The headmaster never noticed.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Cat
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity is the 2008 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor Book. It was written by Jutta Richter, and translated from German by Anna Brailovsky. I enjoyed this book very much until the end. It ended too abruptly and the conclusion was unclear. Eight-year-old Christine has been talking with a white cat every day, but on the last page she knows that eternity is over and she will never speak with the cat again. My favorite part was when the headmaster of her school, tired of her arriving late everyday, ordered her to write two hundred times “There are no talking cats and in the future I will come to class on time.” She fretted over the words because writing them would make her believe it. So, she leaves out the word “No”. The headmaster never noticed.
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