What do you think?
Rate this book
Flash Fry and Scratch #2
Cat Attack!
What's a dog to do? Flash Fry, Private Eye, is my master and I really think he's the greatest, even if he is human. But as a detective, he'd be nowhere without his very cute and smart sidekick -- me. I'm Scratch, Private Nose.
This time Flash is up to his big green hat in a mystery involving baseball, picnic tables, and cats. Lots of cats. And if Flash can't find three special missing cats known as the Three Stooges, he and eight other kid are going to be in big, big trouble. Arooo! And it's up to me to save them. Double Arooo!
So come on inside. There's going to be lots of furry fun and more surprises than you can shake your tail at!
This time Flash is up to his big green hat in a mystery involving baseball, picnic tables, and cats. Lots of cats. And if Flash can't find three special missing cats known as the Three Stooges, he and eight other kid are going to be in big, big trouble. Arooo! And it's up to me to save them. Double Arooo!
So come on inside. There's going to be lots of furry fun and more surprises than you can shake your tail at!
134 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1988
4 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
May 18, 2024
I am still on the quest for quality books for my son...this was the next in line...
It had promise, I was hopeful about it. By the middle of the book it was getting a solid 3-stars and pushing for a 4-star rating...I find it hard, although if a children's book is good, to give a 4 or 5 start rating due to the lack of depth. To earn more than 3 stars the book has to have more than a superficial plot. And then, the book took a tumble...
It started with the trip to the animal shelter - where it vividly told hold animals are given shots and put to death, and the animals in the shelter were screaming to be saved. This has no place in a children's book. The animal shelter did not need a full description - leaving it as a place to take and find stray animals was enough. But then add in the cat lady who eats cats, whose husband left her, and her cats died...AND she goes on to tell how people steal cats and sell them for horrible science experiments...well, there is absolutely no place in a children's book for this sort of garbage. Books should have ratings the same as movies and call out what is in them that gives them that rating. This book started strong and then ended up being a huge disappointment. The only reason I ended up giving it 2 stars instead of 1 is how the dog, not a human, saves the day in the end.
The fact that a player quits the baseball team and is then let back on the team...a clear NO NO how I grew up playing team sports...if you quit the team, and didn't want to be a team player, there was no coming back to the team, no matter how good you were - it had nothing to do with forgiveness, but the psyche and glue of the Team.
So what was this book about? I should probably get to that before I close this out.
It's the story of a kid named Flash Fry Private Eye and his dog scratch, or Private Nose. The story is told from the view of the dog, which makes it good and humorous at times...however, the humor did fall flat most of the time. Flash plays for a baseball team that has only 9 players, the minimum to play their last game of the season, against an undefeated him. Three cats go missing that belong to the mother of their star and new pitcher Rosie. I take it this is her first game, but it never says why she can't play without the cats. Enter Flash Fry, Private Eye. The rest of the book is spent searching for the cats through the eyes of Scratch, the dog.
Take out about two demented chapters and this is a decent book - not let Brick Glick back on the Team, and it's a good book.
Would I recommend for kids? No, absolutely not.
It had promise, I was hopeful about it. By the middle of the book it was getting a solid 3-stars and pushing for a 4-star rating...I find it hard, although if a children's book is good, to give a 4 or 5 start rating due to the lack of depth. To earn more than 3 stars the book has to have more than a superficial plot. And then, the book took a tumble...
It started with the trip to the animal shelter - where it vividly told hold animals are given shots and put to death, and the animals in the shelter were screaming to be saved. This has no place in a children's book. The animal shelter did not need a full description - leaving it as a place to take and find stray animals was enough. But then add in the cat lady who eats cats, whose husband left her, and her cats died...AND she goes on to tell how people steal cats and sell them for horrible science experiments...well, there is absolutely no place in a children's book for this sort of garbage. Books should have ratings the same as movies and call out what is in them that gives them that rating. This book started strong and then ended up being a huge disappointment. The only reason I ended up giving it 2 stars instead of 1 is how the dog, not a human, saves the day in the end.
The fact that a player quits the baseball team and is then let back on the team...a clear NO NO how I grew up playing team sports...if you quit the team, and didn't want to be a team player, there was no coming back to the team, no matter how good you were - it had nothing to do with forgiveness, but the psyche and glue of the Team.
So what was this book about? I should probably get to that before I close this out.
It's the story of a kid named Flash Fry Private Eye and his dog scratch, or Private Nose. The story is told from the view of the dog, which makes it good and humorous at times...however, the humor did fall flat most of the time. Flash plays for a baseball team that has only 9 players, the minimum to play their last game of the season, against an undefeated him. Three cats go missing that belong to the mother of their star and new pitcher Rosie. I take it this is her first game, but it never says why she can't play without the cats. Enter Flash Fry, Private Eye. The rest of the book is spent searching for the cats through the eyes of Scratch, the dog.
Take out about two demented chapters and this is a decent book - not let Brick Glick back on the Team, and it's a good book.
Would I recommend for kids? No, absolutely not.
February 13, 2024
My trio enjoyed this read aloud. A fun read. 8-10yr recommendation.
Written from the dog's perspective. There is some love interest between two dog's. The author is tasteful about it. I still skipped over a little bit as I didn't feel it was necessary to read to my audience.
Written from the dog's perspective. There is some love interest between two dog's. The author is tasteful about it. I still skipped over a little bit as I didn't feel it was necessary to read to my audience.
November 27, 2020
i love this book
Read
December 30, 2020This has such a weird cover. It fits the story, but it's so weird. It's very dated, and the colours they chose are odd in contrast to each other. The book itself... it's old. It's not so terribly dated that it's offensive or anything, but that's probably because it's very bland. The detective/mystery plot is realistic (a kid finding another kid's lost cats, sure), but boring. The dog POV is kind of weird, like it's trying too hard, and doesn't really add anything. Read the rest on my blog.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews