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The Cat Who Saved Books Paperback - 2023

by Sosuke Natsukawa; Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

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This seller has earned a 3.64 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
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Readers saw this as a gentle, fable-like meditation on reading, with a grieving teen and a talking cat at its center. Many praised its charm, quotable reflections, and comforting tone, while others criticized its didacticism, anticlimactic encounters, flat characterization (especially the cat), low stakes, and occasionally clunky translation. Overall, a brief, accessible book-lover’s tale whose impact depends on one’s tolerance for moralizing.

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AN INDIE NEXT PICK!

From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a cozy, heartwarming fantasy--a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.

Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for--or rather, demands--the teenager's help in saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners.

Their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing fantasy adventure, where they enter different mazes to set books free. Through their travels, the cat and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge--the last maze that awaits leads Rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter . . .

An enthralling tale of books, first love, and coming of age, The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper.

Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.

"Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" -Kirkus

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  • Title The Cat Who Saved Books
  • Author Sosuke Natsukawa; Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harpervia
  • Publication date 2023-03-14
  • ISBN 9780063095731 / 0063095734
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Cats
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2021022643
  • Dewey Decimal Code 895.636
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