The Spotted Tail is the
first book in the The Spotted series. It is a young adult fantasy fiction novel.
It is rated E for Everyone.
Action, adventure, flying cubes that take the place of cars, transporting their passengers to shops, restaurants, offices, and their homes, in seconds flat.......this futuristic book will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Oh and cats! Let's not forget the cats! Author TT Underfoot has taken her knowledge of Bengal Cats and applied it to the cats in The Spotted Tail, making them come to life on the pages!
"Seriously, you do not train Bengals.
Bengals train you."
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| "Tache" Photo from http://www.underfootbengals.com/ |
Her dad thinks
Tache is trouble and isn’t happy about a curious cat compromising his security.
But how do you blame a kitten for intruders in the house? Or
Explosives? And poison?
Paxine is
discovering everyone seems to have a secret; secrets that need to stay secret.
There is her great Uncle Garon who is a master gadget maker, who seems to
think it’s best to have a weapon that isn’t a weapon. Her grandma is the
director of an organization within which cats are Tail Guards, who protect the
special people who can understand them.
Paxine finds
herself relying more and more on Tache as the security of her parents crumbles
around her. Even her grandma seems to be having security issues.
And why is everyone worried about the approaching Charity Gala Ball?
Aren’t parties supposed to be fun? What is this Child Protection
Act that is upsetting her grandma? Is it coincidence that Paxine’s dad
can’t seem to protect his own daughter? Or is someone making it appear
that way?
Can Tache, her
Tail, keep protecting her in the adult world of politics and murder? He
is just a kitten after all. Isn’t he?
Author TT Underfoot lives in a small town in North Eastern Wisconsin. However, TT has extensive knowledge in the world of computers, has traveled world-wide, and runs a cattery raising Bengals (www.underfootbengals.com). All of the Tails(Bengals) represented in the books, reflect real Bengals and their behaviors. TT often sits with a Bengal in the lap (often Tache, himself), listening to his or her stories (often exaggerated), and writing them down.
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| "Tache" photo from http://www.underfootbengals.com/ |
THE MEANING OF A "TAIL"
What is a "Tail?" We call our cats, "cats" but in The Spotted Tail, your cat is a "Tail." Your "tail" Garon tells Paxine; "cats have always been Tails. It's not the Tail that is special, like you think Tache is special. The person they protect is special. It takes a special person to understand a Tail. To everyone who sees him, he's a cat. However, you don't see a cat. You see a friend, a companion. You can talk to him. He talks to you. You understand each other. You are part of each other."
"It's unfortunate that our Tails live such shorter lives than we do."
An action-packed book set in the future that features Bengal Cats as the magical beings that they are, blessed with fictional "super powers" and genetic traits based on fact, it doesn't get much better than The Spotted Tail.
FROM THE AUTHOR: All cats depicted in this book are real. If you see yourself in this book, then you know me, otherwise I made you up.
Sounds like a great book!
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Athena and Marie
Sounds like a good read. Must make some time to sit outside and have a good read. Have a marvellous Monday Caren and Cody.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
It is! Come on over! I have MORE than enough to share with you! MOL!
DeleteSounds like a great read! Thanks for sharing! :-) Have a great week! :-D xoxo Roxy & Tigerlino <3
ReplyDeleteIt most definitely is! You are welcome and thank you! You have a great week too! xoxo
DeleteSounds like an interesting book! Great review, as always.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Ingrid it was! Super futuristic.....the "cube" idea just blew me away, loved how people have their "tail" protecting them for the rest of their lives, no different than any of our cats!
Deletesounds like a great book!
ReplyDeleteCute! Interesting idea for a story too!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sammy
Nice review and story line. Thanks for sharing this with us! ;-)
ReplyDeleteyou are welcome Cathy!
DeleteSounds like an intriguing book. Love the photos Wishing much success to the author.
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Sounds like a great read!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you share your book reviews with us! Love them!
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It is Jenna! Thank you so much and thank you for reading! xoxo
DeleteSounds like an interesting book. Caren, we didn't know for sure either what a Meezer is but I believe it is a Siamese cat. So there ya go, something to write about. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marg! Right after I left that comment I read Layla's blog and yep, she mentioned they are Siamese cats! Thank you! You have a great day too!
DeleteWOW!nnThat sounds like a very good tale about tails!
ReplyDeleteBengals are such beauties. But I bet they are a handful alright.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds very interesting! I like the fantasy of hearing through the cat!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a very interesting book! Mommy had a Bengal come for boarding and they are such magnificent kitties!
ReplyDeletethat is so cool!!! My Mom has always been fascinated with Bengals!
DeleteSounds like a great series!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for telling us about it.
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it is and you are welcome!
DeleteI'll have to add that one the the list,xx Rachel
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great book. Dad likes Sci-Fi, we like cats, he just finished reading us Mort of disc-world so we will grab a copy right Meow!
ReplyDeleteOh Timmy I think your Dad is gonna LOVE this one!!!! Let us know!
DeleteIt sounds like a neat book.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young, I read every horse story I could get my hands on, would borrow the same ones from the library over and over. (Limited selection in an isolated community in Quebec 40 years ago!) I also had many of my own, though little by little they've gone, been donated. I have only one series of horse stories left, read them in my early teens and can't yet give them up.
So perhaps some young person will feel the same about some of the books you feature here!
Awww love that sentiment! Have to tell you, I think this book is great for adults too. Some of it I felt was waaay above me, (I have a harder time concentrating on sci-fi, futuristic books, so I had to really focus to keep up with all of the details!) But, that could just be my frazzled mine. It was an excellent book though, I think teens and older would love it!
DeleteSounds like a sci-fi futuristic book with a nice cat twist ! Thanks for the great review :) Our Mama's friend has a bengal kitty. He is very beautiful !
ReplyDeletethe critters in the cottage xo
Yep it is! I bet your friend would LOVE this book! (hint, hint! lol)
DeleteSure do wish our cats lived longer lives! Interesting twist about "tails"....sounds like great reading!
ReplyDeleteyou soooo got it my furiend!
DeleteIt sounds like an interesting book...'specially because there's cats in it. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat review on a very different kind of cat book genre. I'm sharing this with Deb Barnes.
ReplyDeletethanks much my furiend! I thought of her right away. She usually just visits us on Saturdays so I wasn't sure if she would be interested.
DeleteSounds like a fun and interesting read! Until I got into the pet blogging community, I had no idea how many cat-related fiction books are out there. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteIt is! Nor did I, too many of them have arrived and are sitting patiently in my office waiting to be read lol
DeleteWell, this does sound like a good one--I will have to purrsuade the Human to find it and read it to me ;-) *I* do HAVE a nice Tail too, in addition to being one ;-)
ReplyDeletespitty yes you do!
DeleteGreat review, I'm definately getting it to read!!
ReplyDeletethanks Connie! I think you will love it!
DeleteAny books with cats in are our favourites.
ReplyDeleteLuv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Most of the time I read fantasy books. Even books for teenagers ...
ReplyDeleteI think that I will buy it !
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Well, well, well... if there was ever a book tailor made for me!! I will definitely have to check this out - thank you for the great review and for introducing me to this author! Purrs from Deb and the Zee and Zoey Gang! And thank you Layla for pointing this out to me! It is so hard for me to visit blogs on a regular basis, so I appreciate you showing me this on facebook!
ReplyDeleteThis sound like a fun book. I am so far behind on my TBR stack but I'm putting this one on my want to read list anyway.
ReplyDeleteWow, sounds like a very cool book, love that the author raises bengals too! Really interesting review, Caren.
ReplyDeleteThe second book, The Spotted Shoulder will be out this fall.
ReplyDeletewoooo hooooooooo!!!
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