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Lionboy (Lionboy Trilogy #1)

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Charlie Ashanti is the son of two scientists who are kidnapped as the result of a dramatic discovery they’ve made (the cure for asthma, which is rampant in this near-future world). Ten-year-old Charlie decides to go in search of them, and uses his ability to speak Cat (which he’s had ever since he was scratched by a leopard as a baby) to gain helpful information. The local...more

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Mar 03, 2012 Eden rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm going to start off with a Harry Potter comparison: remember that very first line of The Philosopher's Stone? The voice jumped out at you; it was the voice of a narrator who knew what an epic tale she was spinning. Same goes for Lion Boy. With the most perfect chapter one possible, the author has got our protag, his parents, his background and his problem established. The very last line is the jewel in the crown. No seriously.

We slip easily into Charlie's viewpoint. His delight over being tre...more

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Jan 07, 2009 Endah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kisah ini dimulai di London bertahun-tahun yang akan datang. Adalah Charlie Ashanti, bocah lelaki berayahkan Aneba Ashanti, ilmuwan asal Ghana (Afrika) dan beribukan Magdalen Start, juga seorang ilmuwan, asli Inggris. Maka, Charlie berkulit kecoklatan hasil berpaduan ayah-ibunya.

Seperti anak lainnya, Charlie sekolah, bermain, dan senang bertualang. Ia memiliki keistimewaan yang tidak dipunyai oleh seorang anak – atau bahakan orang dewasa sekalipun – yakni, mampu berbahasa kucing.

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Feb 28, 2008 Leoliga rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like how the athor make the coverpage with a lion and the title LION BOY. I also liked how the author start talking about how the kid start talking too the animals but only the family of the cats, specially with the lions.The bad part was that the parents of the kid were rapted because they trated to invent a posion that was for the alergickis of the cats. In the book the kid go to a circus and know that he can talk to the lions so he scaped with them to a place and find a king. The book is v...more

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Sep 12, 2012 Beth Bonini rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-book-club

I used this book with one of the 10 year old boys that I privately tutor; in some ways, it wasn't the ideal reading experience for me because it got read chapter by slow chapter. He enjoyed it enough, though, that he wanted to read the second in what is a trilogy. Unusually for trilogies -- which seem to be almost compulsory in YA lit these days -- this is not a stand-alone book. Indeed, if I have any criticism it is that the book ends on a cliff-hanger, with absolutely none of its issues or mys...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Christy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: middle-grade

Charlie Ashanti is the son of two scientists who are kidnapped as the result of a dramatic discovery they've made (the cure for asthma, which is rampant in this near-future world). Ten-year-old Charlie decides to go in search of them, and uses his ability to speak Cat (which he's had ever since he was scratched by a leopard as a baby) to gain helpful information. The local...more Charlie Ashanti is the son of two scientists who are kidnapped as the result of a dramatic discovery they've made (th...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Suzejf rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a roller coaster fantasy of a book, the first in a trilogy, which manages to pack in everything a young reader could possibly ask for in order to be kept on tenterhooks. It’s got a boy who can speak to cats; a circus on board a ship; corrupt drug companies and governments; evil relatives; concerns about how animals are treated in captivity, as well as issues raised about the environment. It is set in a petrol poor, corporation controlled future (perhaps not too far away then!). Charlie A...more

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May 15, 2012 Alyssa Hirsch rated it 5 of 5 stars

LIONBOY Book Review
How do you think you would feel if you come home one day to find your parents missing? What if the most popular kid at your school, whom you admired, had something to do with it? Well, that’s how life is right now for Charlie Ashanti and the only things he can rely on are one: a piece of paper with a bunch of random letters and numbers written in his mother’s blood, and two: cats. Yes, cats. What Charlie keeps secret is that he has this strange ability to talk to cats. This s...more LIONBOY Book Review
How do you think you would feel if you come home one day to find your parents missing? What if the most popular kid at your school, whom you admired, had something to do with it? Well, that’s how life is right now for Charlie Ashanti and the only things he can rely on are one: a piece of paper with a bunch of random letters and numbers written in his mother’s blood, and two: cats. Yes, cats. What Charlie keeps secret is that he has this strange ability to talk to cats. This strength comes in handy as the cats communicate with each other and happen to pick up tidbits of information on where Charlie’s parents are headed. This eventually brings Charlie to discover a Circus ship headed to Paris where his parents are supposedly traveling. To find out what happens to this daring boy, read the 275 paged book of fantasy that’s sure to keep you on your toes, LIONBOY by Zizou Corder.
I can relate this book to the wonderful world of Harry Potter. Harry and Charlie are young boys who have lost their parents and want to seek sweet revenge on the person responsible for their misery. Both the boys have little pieces of their parents in/with them to help them along the way. They also have their own unique powers which become helpful as the journey progresses on. Some things that enrich this story are the riveting plot, the matchless personalities of the characters, and the cultural perspective in which the story is written. The important thing that may cause some disappointment include the occasional embellished details making the read just a little more complicated.
The way the author writes is priceless. Such wit and conversation-like tones. This lightens the impression of the book you receive from the cover and makes it a much enjoyable read. I personally loved this book. Normally, I am opposed to reading fantasy but this book just stood out. The way Zizou Corder writes sets an easy, humorous tone to the book that I just love. “Charlie smiled grimly, and stored it. What name should he give it? He didn’t want to put just Rafi, as if Rafi were a friend of his. Funny. He used to really want Rafi as a friend. He stored it as Cocky Slimy Git. It was childish, but insulting Rafi made him feel a tiny bit better” (72, Corder). In conclusion, I am so glad I read the book LIONBOY by Zizou Corder. It has changed my opinion on fantasy. I especially like the easygoing tone the author sets to this book. It makes a perfect rainy day read.
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Sep 28, 2010 Rachelterry rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvie

The story is set in England in the future. The US is called The Empire, and it's evil. There are very few cars because the world has run out of oil. The main character's parents have been kidnapped because they have discovered the cure for asthma, but the large drug corporations are afraid they won't be able to sell asthma medications anymore. Cats are especially keen on a cure for asthma, for obvious reasons, and the main character can speak Cat, which is very handy, especially if you run away...more

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Nov 24, 2009 D.M. rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: tweens

Shelves: childrens

I am reviewing the trilogy of novels written for junior readers but can be read by anyone. I had a mixed impression after reading, though I was keeping in mind it was a work of junior fiction. I was a little annoyed that the three titles: Lionboy, Lionboy The Chase and Lionboy The Truth have to be read consecutively as one novel, also that the author's name was a pseudonym for a pair of writers consisting of adult and child (mother and daughter), and the two are presented with the authors' bio o...more I am reviewing the trilogy of novels written for junior readers but can be read by anyone. I had a mixed impression after reading, though I was keeping in mind it was a work of junior fiction. I was a little annoyed that the three titles: Lionboy, Lionboy The Chase and Lionboy The Truth have to be read consecutively as one novel, also that the author's name was a pseudonym for a pair of writers consisting of adult and child (mother and daughter), and the two are presented with the authors' bio on the hardcover jacket flaps. I couldn't see the necessity of this.

Maybe it was in the authors’ minds to invent this unnecessary pseudonym to lend to the overall theatrical presentation of Lionboy; the books themselves having lavish covers and meticulously illustrated line drawings including maps and cut-aways. The pages also include music scores for piano, the use of these tunes described within the story.

The main character is the only son of a white English born mother and black African born father named Charlie Ashanti who can speak ‘cat’- whether with the cockney speaking alley kind or the circus lions he loves and wants to save. The lions need to get back to their free home in Africa and escape the control of an evil lion tamer and this is half of the story.

The other half I found more interesting from an adult’s point of view: The story is set in a future time where the world is divided between the rich - those under the influence of The Corporacy, an evil capitalist regime - and the poor - whose children suffer from allergies including the toxic effects of a world polluted by petrochemicals. The Corporacy kidnaps ‘clever’ people to work for them and it is not beyond this power to introduce detrimental bio engineered and chemical agents into the environment by which to control people and amass huge profits from the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. It was through this extremely interesting premise I persevered through all three books.

The story begins with Charlie setting out after his parents and along the way travelling by land and sea through two continents meets a variety of human and feline personalities. What might so appeal to young children is the circus housed on a brightly painted ship and the various acts and animals that take a part. Charlie for a while joins the circus until he works out a plan to help the lions escape.

As it is junior fiction it didn’t take too long to read the trilogy, however I found myself bored at times as the novel was reading like a geography lesson somewhat confused in a work of fiction. Also the novel seemed to change from intellectual to immature and back again in a moment so the reader needs to navigate this peculiarity in writing style, no doubt from the collaboration of the two generations of the writing duo.

The Lionboy trilogy is a very clever work and extremely creative in its overall approach. The above cover illustration is from a Puffin paperback edition.

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Feb 07, 2012 Kelly Maybedog Hawkins rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: how-audio-book, what-ya-and-children, what-fantasy, what-adventure, what-animals

No time for a thorough review but here's a short one: this is the first in an unusual fantasy trilogy by Zizou Corder. it's not really a trilogy, it's more of a long novel split into three; you really can't read just one as the end of each leaves more questions than answers. It was entertaining and well enough written that I whipped through the series as fast as the audiobook could go. (audiobook note: there is annoying calliope music played at the beginning of a couple of chapters. I hate calli...more

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Aug 17, 2011 the review man rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-and-ya

I read this way back in grade school. Though I didn't know it at the time, Lionboy is a strange attempt at kids' magical realism. Main character Charlie Ashanti can speak to cats and somehow ends up running away from some evil no-name villains and stowing away on a circus boat. The idea is that he'll ostensibly find his missing parents or something to that effect. Lionboy is the first novel in a trilogy, so don't expect a whole lot of closure in this tome.

There's a fairly recent influx of YA nov...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Laina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-2012

My rating: 4 out of 5

I really enjoyed this book. I think young adults will too because Charlie is at such a young age when his parents are taken from him, yet he has the courage to venture out and search for them. The book is well written and features large print that makes it a quick and easy read. What makes this book especially neat is that Zizou Corder is the shared pen-name of English novelist Louisa Young and her daughter Isabel Adomakoh Young.

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Oct 28, 2011 Erin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: classroom-library, middle-grade, dystopian, science-fiction

This book came highly recommended to me by numerous students who read it before me, and I did find that the plot drew me in. While I thought that Lionboy was going to be a fantasy novel (based on the blurb on the cover:"A zinger of a story, told with a J. K. Rowling-like blend of humor, drama, and headlong plotting." --the Washington Post) it turned out to border on dystopian science fiction. Charlie's parents have been kidnapped by the Corporacy, an economic power player that even the British g...more

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Nov 28, 2010 Sean rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In the beginning of the book called Lion Boy, this boy named Charlie, had two parents who where professors. And they where a happy family. There was something special about Charlie that he soon discovers. One day he comes home, to find out that his parent have been kidnapped . He ventures out to rescue them. When he does this he hears this strange voice talking to him. He finds out that it was a cat that was talking to him. The cat was telling him that his parents had been kidnapped. His mom ha...more In the beginning of the book called Lion Boy, this boy named Charlie, had two parents who where professors. And they where a happy family. There was something special about Charlie that he soon discovers. One day he comes home, to find out that his parent have been kidnapped . He ventures out to rescue them. When he does this he hears this strange voice talking to him. He finds out that it was a cat that was talking to him. The cat was telling him that his parents had been kidnapped. His mom had left him a note that didn't seem at all like the way she usually wrote. charlie goes off with Rafi, a strange character he doesn't really trust, so he manages to run away in the night. Charlie goes to the dock, and jumps on a police launch. He then transfers to another bigger boat. Amazingly enough, this turns out to be a circus boat. There are lions on the boat, and he is able to understand what they are talking about. Charlie realizes that it's not only cats he can understand, but also lions, and probably other animals too. This circus boat is going to France, where the first show will be. The head of the circus, Mr Tib, sees how good Charlie is with the lions, and makes him the lion boy, which is the title of the book. Suddenly a young lion tells Charlie an amazing secret, that his parents are being held prisoner on a submarine, heading for Paris. There are exciting adventures that follow, I don't want to say how the book ends.

I liked this book a lot. First of all, I would really love to ba able to talk to animals myself, especially my two kitty cats at home. I'm sure they would have a lot to say. Right now, I just have to guess what they're thinking. Second, it's an exciting adventure, and you can;t wait to find out what happens next. Finally, the book has a lot of compassion. The lions are very kind to Charlie, and try to help him to find his parents. And Charlie listens to their problems, and is very understanding. Charlie could have been very lonely without his mother and father, but the cats and the lions are good company. The book has a dramatic conclusion, and I was sorry when it it ended.(less)

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Aug 31, 2012 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm not sure if I pulled up the correct version of this audiobook. I tried to find the narrator's name listed and couldn't, but I wanted to make sure to give credit to Simon Jones as a an extremely talented narrator.

The story was really good, not life-changing; lots of adventure and excitement. I was quickly drawn in and rooting for young Charlie. The variety of characters throughout the book is great.

The writing is very good when compared with most of today's juvenile fiction.

But the narrati...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Linnae rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, young-adult

Charlie Ashanti can talk to cats, but it's not something he brags about. Most people wouldn't get it--or would come up with some way to exploit him for it, probably. His mother and father are well known scientists. His home is warm and loving. Until the day he comes home and they're gone. His parents, that is. And then he is kidnapped as well, though not reunited with his parents.

Charlie's unique ability helps him escape from his kidnapper and starts him on an incredible journey to find his pare...more

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Dec 27, 2010 Miss. Indi rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Pecinta buku anak dan petualangan :)

Ini buku yang paling sulit aku baca. Hmm, entah kenapa. Padahal bukunya "enak" dipegang dan jenis hurufnya juga ramah dimata.
Aku beli buku ini bulan Maret 2008 lalu, tapi baru dibaca beberapa hari yang lalu. Sampai hari ini aku baru "tiba" dihalaman 43 :p

Buku ini menceritakan tentang Charlie Ashanti, anak laki-laki yang bisa berbahasa kucing. Suatu hari, secara misterius orang tuanya menghilang. Intinya buku ini tentang petualangan Charlie.

Aku nggak terlalu penasaran sama endingnya. Rasanya buk...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Paula rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s

A perfectly charming book! Probably not the best word -- charming -- to lure a young audience, but really, this is a wonderful book for readers who want pluck and teeth and who are not yet ready to abandon courage and hope. I love the way way the author (a duo, I think, with an odd pseudonym) made the fanciful real and the real fanciful. The premise is ridiculous, though the evil corporation angle will appeal in a tangible way to lefties. And Charlie, the brave Lionboy, is full of brain and braw...more

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Apr 07, 2008 Charlie Schnell rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids

Read this one with my daughter. Neither one of us were thrilled with the book. We discussed it and found that we were both fairly bored. On the bright side it did help her meet reading goals at school.

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Oct 13, 2012 Lukav rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-for-mrs-morgan, realistic-fiction

In Lionboy, by Zizou Corder, Charlie a boy whose parents are scientific geniuses, and can speak both to cats and humans, finds out that his parents have been kidnapped at the same time as he is kidnapped. He escapes from his kidnapper, and joins a floating circus in his attempt to find his parents. When he starts assisting the lion tamer, he finds allies, the six lions in the circus. They decide to escape together after a show and steal away on the Orient Express.

Lionboy is the first book in t...more

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Mar 01, 2009 Bettie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fraudio, kiddlewinks, sci-fi, plague-disease, fantasy

Disease - asthma. Children - 9 years and above. Written by a mum and daughter team.

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Most novels only need a few original ideas to be interesting--but Lion Boyhas enough to make it truly special. The astonishing literary creation of adult novelist Louisa Young and her teenage daughter, Isabel Adomakoh Young, writing together as "Zizou Corder", has taken the children's publishing world by storm. It's the first part of a trilogy, which encompasses an incredible journey from London...more

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May 10, 2011 Erinn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-ya-lit

An engaging story about a boy who comes home from school to find his parents have been kidnapped. After escaping from a suddenly evil neighbor, the boy uses his extraordinary ability to speak Cat language to gather information from local felines about who took his parents and where they might headed. The cats tell him his parents were taken by river and the boy begins his amazing and dangerous adventure to find them. Oh, and the lions come in when the boy befriends six of the beasts in captivity...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Trisno rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pada buku ini, Charlie yang baru saja berkumpul kembali dengan orang tua-nya dan juga Mabel (ibu kandung dari Rafi Sadler sekaligus bibi-nya) ditangkap oleh Maccomo si pelatih harimau sekaligus mantan kekasih Mabel. Maccomo bersiap menjual Charlie ke Korporasi begitu juga dengan Radi Sadler yang tertangkap bersamaan dengan Charlie. Petualangan demi petulangan pun terjadi kembali.

Kali ini yang mencari adalah orang tua Charlie. Mereka mengikuti jejak Charlie menaiki sebuah kapal laut menuju pulau...more

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Sep 11, 2010 Hilary rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, animal-stories, fantasy, grades-5-6

Other than the fact that Charlie can talk to cats, he lives a fairly ordinary life. Than one day he arrives home and discovers that his parents are missing. To make matters worse it seems an old friend of the family has something to do with it and is planning on kidnapping him too. With a little ingenuity, Charlie manages to escape and land himself on a circus boat where he is assigned to help the lion tamer. When Charlie discovers that the lions are abused and drugged to make them obey, he agre...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars

Charlie Ashanti is the son of two pretty well-known scientists. He has a pretty good life, he goes to his lessons everyday, he spends time with his parents, when they aren’t busy, which is kinda rare, but he still loves them all the same. The only thing that makes him different from all the other kids: he can speak Cat. One day, he comes home from his lessons, and is slightly scared to find his parents are missing, and his mums lab door is open, and it is always locked, no matter what. He assume...more

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Apr 10, 2011 Carol Owen rated it 3 of 5 stars

I had a hard time figuring out just how old this kid was supposed to be, which bothers me sometimes in a story. There were times he acted as young as 7 or 8, and then other times when I thought, "Oh, he's older." I was just never sure. At any rate, the boy has the ability to talk with cats (an ability I would love to have to understand the antics of my 4 cats), a gift that helps him run and hide from would be kidnappers and helps him draw closer to they mysteries surrounding his parents' disappe...more

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Feb 14, 2010 Dioskoroi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Baca buku ini agak lama panasnya, dalam arti perlu waktu buat dapetin feel dan ketegangan cerita. Tapi sekali dapet, petualangan Charlie cukup seru untuk diikuti..

Latar ceritanya di masa depan, ketika minyak bumi hampir habis dan naek mobil adalah sebuah kemewahan, dan banyak anak2 yang terjangkit asma karena polusi, namun banyak yang menyalahkan kucing..

Cerita dimulai ketika orang tua Charlie diculik seorang remaja berandal yang bekerja untuk perusahaan obat asma. Orang tua Charlie ternyata men...more Baca buku ini agak lama panasnya, dalam arti perlu waktu buat dapetin feel dan ketegangan cerita. Tapi sekali dapet, petualangan Charlie cukup seru untuk diikuti..

Latar ceritanya di masa depan, ketika minyak bumi hampir habis dan naek mobil adalah sebuah kemewahan, dan banyak anak2 yang terjangkit asma karena polusi, namun banyak yang menyalahkan kucing..

Cerita dimulai ketika orang tua Charlie diculik seorang remaja berandal yang bekerja untuk perusahaan obat asma. Orang tua Charlie ternyata menemukan obat asma sekali pakai, yang membuat perusahaan obat merasa terancam karena mereka gak bisa mengeruk keuntungan berkelanjutan dari obat asma tradisional yang harus diminum secara rutin. *gubrak*

Oke, mungkin plotnya agak konyol, tapi sebenarnya cukup dalem dan gua merasa ada sindiran terselubung di sini..

Nah, si Charlie, yang bisa bahasa kucing, sadar orang tuanya diculik, berniat menyelamatkan mereka dibantu kucing2 tukang gosip yang sayang banget ama Charlie, bukan hanya karena dia baek dan bisa bahasa kucing, tapi karena orang tua Charlie berusaha membuat kucing kembali disukai sebagai hewan piaraan, dengan cara menemukan obat asma..

*gubrak lagi*

Jadilah Charlie kabur dari si anak berandal yang nyaris berhasil menyekap dirinya, terus menyelundup ke kapal sirkus yang menuju ke Paris (kebetulan ortu Charlie diangkut ke Paris). Di sana Charlie bertemu 6 singa sirkus yang rindu kampung halaman. Dan dimulailah rencana absurd buat membantu singa2 kabur ke Afrika, huehue..

Dari Paris, Charlie dan singa2 menyelundup ke Orient Express (kereta kuno lintas Eropa yang kembali berjaya karena bensin habis) dan berencana turun di Venesia (ortu Charlie kabarnya dibawa kemari).

Yang membuat gua suka dengan buku ini adalah pandangan polos Charlie dalam menilai apa yang terjadi pada "dunia orang dewasa" di sekitarnya, banyak kritik moral yang halus, dan menyentuh..

Sayang terjemahannya agak kaku (ato emang style penulisannya yah ?), jadi kadang nge-hang di tengah deskripsi..

Dan poin minus terbesar adalah: oke, Charlie bisa bahasa kucing, tapi kenapa mesti dijelaskan secara ilmiah kenapa kemampuan ini bisa ada ? Hasilnya malah kayak buku sci-fic yang gatot, alias gagal total --"

Untung urusan sok sci-fic ini cuman dikit, karena IMO, ini lebih tepat, dan lebih asik, dianggap sebagai kisah petualangan..(less)

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Jan 21, 2009 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: animals-cats, adventure, children-fiction, mystery, fantasy, good-vs-evil

Charlie Ashanti's parents are brilliant scientists, and they are on the brink of finding a cure for asthma. The world should be rejoicing, but the people who profit from selling asthma medications are not too thrilled. That may be the reason they've kidnapped his parents and Charlie finds himself in deep danger. Charlie has a special gift, though, he speaks Cat. And, through this special ability, he is able to enlist the aid of cats everywhere to send secret messages to his parents and communica...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Aleetha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sejarah mencatat, hanya Nabi Sulaiman-lah yang mampu berbicara dengan para hewan. Tak pernah ada lagi nama seseorang yang tercatat setelah beliau, yang mengerti bahasa kucing apalagi di saat yang sama teknologi handphone telah berkembang dengan pesat

Namun tak ada ada hal yang tak mungkin jika semua hal tersebut terjadi di negeri fantasi. Hal – hal apapun diijinkan sehingga tak perlu bertana bagaimana kejadian aneh,ajaib dan yang tidak masuk akan, bahkan konyol sekalipun dapat terjadi dengan muda...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Catherine Pye rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-fiction

I really do not understand how this got so many positive reviews. I found it slow to engage, (how can some of you compare it to Potter?!) slow to the finish, and did not encourage me to pick up the second book in the trilogy.
I would not recommend this one to any teenagers in my classes, if I had to force myself to finish it, (I never leave a book behind no matter how awful, just in case there is a gem in there somewhere,) then it probably isn't one to encourage young people to read more.

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Zizou Corder is Louisa Young and Isabel Adomakoh Young, whose names are too long to fit on the front of a book.

Louisa is a grown-up and has written five grown-up books; Isabel is a kid and has written mostly schoolwork.

The original Zizou is Isabel's lizard, only he spells it Zizu. They Have written five books together: the highly acclaimed Lionboy trilogy, Lee Raven Boy Thief and Halo.

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“Thanks," he said. "De nada," said Julius. "What does that mean?" said Charlie. "It's nothing, in Spanish." said Julius. "I mean, it means nothing, the word nothing, not that it doesn't mean anything, though of course it doesn't mean anything, it means something: it means nothing. Nothing is what it means. Not that it doesn't mean anything." "No, it means nothing, I know what you mean." said Charlie with a straight face. They started to giggle.” — 9 people liked it

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