![]() Bridge Logic: Puck is able to escape at one point using a falling tree as a bridge (the same tree that Grandmother is buried under. ![]() Afterlife Antechamber: The hummingbird AKA Night Song and Hawk Man's daughter serves as this, as the messenger to the recently dead who guides them to a vague afterlife.Abusive Parents: Gar Face's father, who scarred his face, thus his name.With themes of loss, love, and mystery, the book is filled with Tear Jerkers. All the while, her "brother", the Alligator King, is the prime target of Gar-Face. Meanwhile, Grandmother Moccasin, a lamia, awakes after a thousand-year rest, and laments her past, involving her only daughter, Night Song, being lost to Hawk Man. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Puck does just that, and his overt curiosity provokes the attention of Gar-Face, the cruel hunter who resides in the ramshackle house. She names them Puck and Sabine, and they are warned not to leave the Underneath. She befriends the dog, named Ranger, and has her kittens in the Underneath, a hideout under the porch of the house. ![]() The book, loosely based on one of the author's own experiences, features an expecting calico cat mother who wanders off into a ramshackle house, having followed by the howls of an old, chained up hound. The Underneath is a 2008 novel by Kathi Appelt. ![]()
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