Da Vinci's Cat (Murdock Catherine Gilbert)(Paperback) - diskuze

?Thoroughly charming.??Kirkus Reviews (starred review)?Original.??Booklist (starred review)"A story about selflessness, friendship and the importance of seeking unity through difference."?Shelf Awareness (starred review)Two unlikely friends?Federico, in sixteenth-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey?are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci?s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee. Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock?s Da Vinci?s Cat is a thrilling, time-slip fantasy about rewriting history to save the present. This inventive novel will engross anyone who loved When You Reach Me and A Wrinkle in Time.Federico doesn?t mind being a political hostage in the Pope?s palace, especially now that he has a cat as a friend. But he must admit that a kitten walking into a wardrobe and returning full-grown a moment later is quite odd. Even stranger is Herbert, apparently an art collector from the future, who emerges from the wardrobe the next night. Herbert barters with Federico to get a sketch signed by the famous painter Raphael, but his plans take a dangerous turn when he hurries back to his era, desperate to save a dying girl.Bee never wanted to move to New Jersey. When a neighbor shows Bee a sketch that perfectly resembles her, Bee, freaked out, solidifies her resolve to keep to herself. But then she meets a friendly cat and discovers a mysterious cabinet in her neighbor?s attic?a cabinet that leads her to Renaissance Rome. Bee,
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