Time Cat
Time Cat is a book by Lloyd Alexander. It is about a boy, named Jason, who isn’t the least bit surprised when his cat, Gareth, speaks. He always thought Gareth could. Gareth has a secret that does surprise Jason, though. Gareth doesn’t really have nine lives, but he can visit nine lives anywhere in the world. This means that if he wanted to, he could visit ancient Greece. This is the table of contents:
| 1. The Visitors | 1 |
| Egypt: 2700 b.c. | |
| 2. The Sacred City of Cats | 7 |
| 3. Neter-Khet | 15 |
| Rome and Britain: 55 b.c. | |
| 4. The Old Cats Company | 25 |
| 5. Cerdic Longtooth | 35 |
| Ireland: 411 a.d. | |
| 6. Diahan | 49 |
| 7. Sucat | 59 |
| Japan: 998 a.d. | |
| 8. Master of Imperial Cats | 73 |
| 9. Secret Journeys | 87 |
| Italy: 1468 | |
| 10. Odranoel | 99 |
| 11. Ser Piero Sees a Picture | 109 |
| Peru: 1555 | |
| 12. Don Diego | 121 |
| 13. Sayri Tupac | 131 |
| The Isle of Man: 1588 | |
| 14. Dulcinea | 141 |
| 15. The Manxmen | 149 |
| Germany: 1600 | |
| 16. The Witch Village | 161 |
| 117. Speckfresser Calls Two Demons | 171 |
| 118. The Verdict | 179 |
| America: 1775 | |
| 19. Parker’s Perpetual Moufetrapf | 187 |
| 20. The Return | 195 |
This shows about where Gareth goes.
I like the book. It is a very good novel.
Read the book for more info. Well, I’ll end this post right now, on short notice. Very short, to be exact. Bye!
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May 5th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hello c16tk:
Thanks for the info on the book. It sounds like that cat visited many places. Tell me which places you enjoyed reading about the most? Did the cat have interesting adventures traveling around/through time? Was it strange for him to go back to ancient Greece and Egypt? Tell us more!