The Underneath Audiobook

" Fantastic book! It was a little difficult for me to get into at first and the vocabulary was challenging, but stick with it. Definitely a sad story, however, the ending is still fulfilling. "

" I think it was a really cool book.I liked it a lot.I wish I could be a shape shifter.because they sound really cool.A shape shifter is a thing that can change from an animal to a human and back.But only once in its life time. "

" Totally NOT my kind of book, but I wound up liking it a lot anyway. She uses an odd sing-songy repetitious sort of prose style that works really well overall but that I found irritating at times. Nice interweaving of animal story, myth and history, as well as fully evoked bayou environment. Especially loved the role of the trees and all their gorgeous names. "

" I loved this book! It was great the idae of the shape shifter and love holding the family together. "

" Very mystic. Doesn't seem good for youth--too mature. "

" Superb book but it needed more hope!!! "

" A really wonderful book, with lots of intensity. "

" Haunting, original, not-for-snake-or reptile-phobics, I would NOT recommend this book to many children. "

" Heart rending and brilliant. A lovely story told in a deep south storyteller's style, using incredibly poetic language. "

" Read this book with my son when he was 8 to help him read books over the summer. He beat me to the end he couldn't put it down, at one point in tears saying how much he hated but loved it. I love this book, loved that it could bring out the emotion it did with an 8 year old boy. "

" I liked it, but it was weird, or should I say original. Totally different from what I expected, yet everything ties together in the end. Beautifully written. "

" I felt like the parallel story in this one with grandmother moccassin took you out of the main story too much. Sometimes it would just go on and on. I did think the repeated text in the story was interesting though - it made it feel more like a storytelling experience than a novel. "

" Beautifully written. Complex plot structure. Dog and cat story. Who knew those could go together? "

" I just thought it was okay. "

" I rate this one a 2 starred book simply because I do know that it connected with one reader in my classes...one. Because of that, I rate it that high. Me? I found it dark and confusing. "

" Even though there was a positive twist at the end, I would not read this to my fourth grade students. The only human was a sad drunk. Some beautiful word choice and description. "

" Very well written and moving tale. Its theme is dark but important. "

" It's right up there with Watership Down for emotional impact - a tale of two kittens and the old hound who adopts them in the Texas swampland. "

" I liked this a whole lot more than I thought I would. The writing is beautiful; the story is haunting and endearing all at the same time. It's just a really good easy read. "

" A pretty good book... not my favorite "

" This book was different and yet I enjoyed reading it at the same time. "

" This is a great book! I really enjoyed it. It's sad, though. My favorite character is Ranger! This book deserves 5 stars! The author, Kathi Appelt, came to my school! "

" This took a long time to get through. Although the repetitive fashion of the writing seems like it would be very child-friendly, I am not so sure that the story would be. "

" Beautiful writing, wonderful animal characters. Looking at the reviews it appears most either love or hate this book. It is one of the most lyrical of YA books that I've read. "

" Horrible. Depressing. Bloody. And boring. I would never give this book to a child to read. "

" What a world, Kathi. What a poetically built world. We loved this! My son and I read this one together. "