Appelt, K. (2008). The underneath. New York: Simon and Schuster.
A
boy who is abandoned by his mom; beat up by his dad, and then
runs away to live in the swamps of Texas; becomes known as Gar Face and is a
fierce hunter. A calico cat, which is pregnant, is abandoned by the
people who she thought loved her. When she hears the sad song of Ranger, an old
bloodhound, she knows she must find him and they become friends and a family
when her kittens are born. Intertwined is another story, a thousand years
earlier, Grandmother Moccasin a shape-shifting snake has a daughter, Night
Song, who has a beautiful voice and a hawk, who falls in love with Night Song
and both shape-shift to humans, so they can live together. There is
sadness, death, and then love and happiness.
The book trailer for this book is at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4Ds1Yub3Q
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