Bo the Rascal Cat: A Most Excellent Adventure

by William Neal, Michelle Fillmore (Illustrator)

Sometimes life throws us a curve ball, and in Bo’s case it’s a rather nasty one. For suddenly, without warning, he is whisked off to a strange land far, far away from the only home he has ever known.
A charming, sweet story and vibrant illustrations show how one rascal of a cat learns to keep calm and carry on with the help of some very peculiar critters.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2017

About the author

WILLIAM NEAL is the author of eight books, the writer-producer-director of the feature documentary "Long Gone Wild," about the ongoing plight of captive orcas; and an Executive Producer on the feature documentary "Dying To Race," about the many ills of thoroughbred horse racing - a film funded by Warner Bros.

Neal is a former college and professional hockey coach, ESPN color analyst, and television writer-producer with credits on some 400 hours of primetime programming. He has won numerous awards for his work.

An avid skier and hiker, he holds a PhD degree and lives in Park City, UT with his two rescue cats, Mia and Jaker.

Reviews

[Cheshire Cat]

I read an autographed ARC copy of this book to my son. It's a story about a cat who lost it's owner and went to live with a new family. The sad/tragic story is told in a nice way and shows that change can be good.

I really liked the line, "For he realized that as long as he had Nana in his heart she would always be there for him." It's similar to the way I described the loss of a family member to my young son.

We had a discussion afterward reading the book together, and my 4 1/2 year old son showed he understood the story. He thought it was mostly sad, but liked the cat. He did want to hear it again, but said we could wait a bit to re-read it.

The spelling and grammar in the book seemed great. The rating is based on my son's opinion of the book.