6 October 2008: This week's book reviews, by Carol Livingstone, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury.

THE UNDERNEATH, by Kathi Appelt

Juvenile Fiction. A calico cat befriends a hound who encourages her and her new kittens to stay underneath the porch where they are safe.  But one kitten's curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. 
 

BLACKSTRAP HAWCO: Said to be About a Newfoundland Family, by Kenneth J. Harvey

Blackstrap is a defiant man born with little more than a body and spirit that refuse to give up and the menacing strength of pride.  For the Newfoundland Hawcos, was it not always so?  A narrative of a dazzling swirl of voices, legends and beautiful hearsay. 
 

THE SHOW-OFF: Moose and Hildy, by Stephanie Green

Juvenile Fiction. Know-it-all Winston comes to visit and while Hildy is patient, Moose gets fed up and teaches Winston a lesson about friendship that even an annoying guest can appreciate. 
 

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