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Nine Lives Of Travis Keating (2000)

by Jill MacLean(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: Travis Keating is a young boy who has moved to a new place, after his mother's death. Still mourning her and his old home, Travis stumbles upon a group of cats living in abandoned shacks. For the next few months, Travis takes care of the cats, making them his distraction from his life, and his escape.The story of Travis is a short, sweet, and simple one. I found it very nostalgic, because of how much it reminded me of my own childhood. Just like Travis, I had found a group of cats, and fed them till we moved countries and I was forced to leave them behind. Though this broke my heart, I know i made a big change in their lives, and Travis feels the same way. I think the author really captured Travis' emotions. He incorporated Travis' fears, his pain, his joy, and his anger a... morend transitioned them smoothly, so that they almost ran alongside each other. I loved the ending of this book, it was heartwarming and a perfect way to put the story to rest. I will have to read the next book.I recommend this book to anyone who loves cats (or animals), who wants an easy book to read, and who wants a happy ending.
review 2: I read this book during my grade six year (or maybe it was grade five) for a reading program (Forrest of reading). There were about ten books, and out of the ten, I inexplicably fell in love with this one. I was one of the only kids who did fall in love with it. It was around that time that I began pushing away from your typical "reads a book here and there" person, and getting into "crazy book freak" mode. I began to feel something new for books. While reading books around that time, I experienced things that for the developed reader are normal, but for me then, were the very definition of magic.This book really sped up the process of "Zanib becomes a book nerd".Travis Keating moves into a small Newfoundland town, and his presence is not welcomed by all. He is now the target of a an old bully, and for the most part, he does not seem to fit in. Things are looking down until he befriends a colony of cats and a girl by the name of Prinny Murphy.I really loved the atmosphere in this story. Travis is in this new, small, and rainy town. I could picture the wet pavement and the mossy smell in the air. His relationship with Prinny was nicely developed, and it really embodied friendship. All the characters were realistic, even the bully. He wasn't your typical gruff, emotionless baboon. He wasn't a piece of cardboard. I even took a liking to him.For the most part, there was nothing overly peculiar about this book, but what made it magical for me was the very normality of it. The normality and the elephantization of beautiful and emotion/thought provoking themes of familial love, friendship and second chances. less

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