Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend.
Klawde and Raj are back! As summer turns to fall, our favorite warlord cat remains in his pitiful exiled existence. But Raj has an even scarier prospect than cosmic exile: starting at a new school.
And if things didn't seem complicated enough, both cat and human are confronted with two figures from their past they did not expect to pop up in Elba, Oregon...
It's the start of the school year, Raj and Klawd's 'enemies' arrive. Friends, frenemies, or enemies? Who will be defeated? Who will we be reconciled? Fans of the first will want to continue the series. The book ends with a cliffhanger, so you may want the next book nearby.
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So, in this book, Raj finally starts at his new middle school. He finds that things aren’t nearly as bad as he expected. That is until an enemy makes himself known. The same is true for Klawde. He is working on his kitten army when another cat from his planet is exiled it is one of his enemies. So you can see where the title comes from.
Raj, with the help of his team in his robotics class, build an “Aquabot”, which delivers water to people who are thirsty. However, Klawde decides it will make a great weapon.
There is also a story about revenge and jumping to conclusions I didn’t notice the human versus ogre in this book. I only remember hearing Klawde use ogres.
Narration The narration of this series is great. We have two narrators. Oliver Wyman reads Klawde’s parts and Vikas Adam reads Raj’s parts. Then I’m not exactly sure who does all the smaller parts in-between. I think I figured out a few, but not sure on them all. Anyway, I think they were both a great fit for each of the main characters. Klawde had this snootie, uppity voice you would think of for a cat that wants to rule the world. Raj’s voice was a that fo a boy. I loved how Vikas Adam changed his packing based on Raj’s emotions. When he would get excited, he would really speed up the way kids do. I loved all the voices in the book, not to mention the array of cat noises. I could see where a kid would love to listen to this book as he reads along with a physical book (which probably has some great pictures). I loved books with read-along records as a kid (yes I know I’m showing my age).
**I like to thank the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
Oh no! Klawde doesn’t have to worry about overthrowing his enemy on his own planet because guess who is on Earth now? Yes, Ffangg! Earth is not big enough for both of these supreme kitties and so, the move is on for one of them to go. Klawde has been training some Earth kitties for his own army but now Ffangg has caused Klawde to rethink his plans.
I liked that in this book we get more of Raj. Raj has a new student in his classroom at school, it is ….Cam! Oh, no! Raj is afraid that his friends will uncover the truth about him from Cam, his former best friend. With a competition at school, Raj has a lot on his mind.
With humor and wit, this series continues to entertain me. I can’t get enough of the feisty Klawde and his bold and spirited attitude for he tells it like-it-is and when he is in his cat mode, I swear he acts like my cat, Charlie. I like the laid-back attitude of Raj and with the introduction of Cam, we got to see another side of Raj. This is a fun, entertaining series.
Klawde evil alien warlord cat: Enemies by Marcino Johnny and Chenoweth Emily is a decently paced and very interesting book,the book begins with the primary character Raj is upset about having to go to 6th grade which causes a large portion of stress for raj because he has to worry about appearance, behavior, friends,and previous occurrences,klawde has little input on the situation. The pov switches to klawde the cat (the secondary protagonist) where he dwindles on the annoyance of being unable to recapture his home planet lyttyrboks but stops when his thoughts are interrupted by raj and his worries about middle school, klawde has little interest in the subject but ponders why raj isn't learning important skills such as poison chemistry, battle-tactics,troop command. Raj stood confused but went back to his worries. Apart from that Klawde gains the idea to create an army to recapture lyttyrboks.
My thoughts on the book is that is can be interesting,thrilling,and rather suspenseful especially when klawde builds special machinery out of raj,s robotics project in order to enact revenge upon his enemy general fangg, also when raj sabotages his enemy cameron in which he inputs a recording of cameron's true thoughts on the people at the school which were rather hurtful and rude.
A few elements shown clearly: are the detailed settings in which topics such as lighting surrounding objects, characters within and other details are described within each setting to allow the reader to have a more invested perspective when reading.
The plot is and is not easy to follow but the primary gist is that the two protagonists raj and klawde deal with enemies from their past one being a friend for raj and the other a previous underling for klawde, more action in the plot is seen in Klawdes perspective when he was to battle his enemy upon a tree in a sacred way of deciding things, or when Klawde has to earn the trust of his new underlings back from his enemy.
A large portion of characters are shown throughout the book with the protagonists being raj and klawde in which they have the biggest impact on the story although klawde seems to be a bigger impact than raj due to the more unrealistic side of klawdes adventures and existence entirely. There are various side characters such as the enemies which are general fangg and cameron, minor enemies also appear such as newt and scorpion from the previous book. Raj,s friends have a decent impact but seem to only appear inorder to create a story and segment for raj,s turn on the points of view.
In the end this book is for people in between middle school and the 9th and 10th grade. This book is for those who enjoy tales of fantasy within chapter books that have a decent amount of pictures but it is a great read that most can easily get into.
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Prepare for more hijinks from Klawde as he attempts to reclaim his rightful spot as tyrannical warlord of a planet of cats.
He's more determined than ever to get revenge on Flooffee-Fyr, his former right-hand cat turned traitor, and General Ffangg, the new evil warlord of the planet Lyttyrboks.
Klawde decides to try to teach the neighborhood cats physics. Flabby Tabby falls asleep on him. So Klawde adopts three kittens from a local rescue (via the Internet, of course), and trains them to be his new generals, his claw-power to take back his throne. The boys are virtually un-trainable, but their sister...yes, she's ruthless. Pounce-happy. She'll do nicely.
Until an old enemy shows up -- General Ffangg, who's now also been exiled to Earth. When he tries to steal Klawde's kitten cadets, it's WAR.
Meanwhile Raj starts middle school. He lets slip that one of his former friends (former, as in the kid ditched him and stopped being friends with him when the boy's mom got famous) from his old NY school was the son of a comic book author / illustrator. And that the author drew him in one story. Ok, maybe one panel. He brags a little more, exaggerates a bit about how close friends he was with the boy before he moved, but it's enough.
Cameron Addams shows up at his school, and it's WAR -- of the robots, that is. In the after school robotics club.
More riotous laughter and snorting while reading this one. Delightful!
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Klawde is in the midst of training new troops (aka kittens) when who should appear on Earth but his former apprentice and overthrower, Ffangg. Now Ffangg is threatening his position of authority on Earth and threatening to steal his new troops away. The human that Klawde deigns to reside with is having his own problems. Raj's former best friend and son of the Americaman creator shows up in town. The group of kids who used to think Raj was cool quickly turn their attention to Cam, and Raj feels like dirt. Not only that, but Raj, Cedar, and Steve had a good chance of winning the robotics competition until Cam showed up. Is Raj's new life totally going to fall apart with Cam's arrival?
This book is more complicated than the first Klawde book. Klawde clearly knows how he feels about infiltrators and enemies, and he spouts his philosophy to Raj. Raj has to decide if Klawde's methods of revenge are really the best or not. It takes some hard lessons on how revenge hurts more than it helps for Raj to learn his lesson. Whether Klawde has learned anything remains to be seen. But I think there's still hope for him. Despite the slightly more tense atmosphere to this book there are still moments of humor and it should keep the attention of even reluctant readers. Recommended to cat lovers, light scifi fans, and fans of books with realistic kid drama.
Notes on content: Klawde and Ffangg have a few battles but no one gets seriously injured physically.
Told in two voices, Klawde is a sassy evil cat full of revenge, and Raj is a bright, sensitive, nerdy science tween who has to navigate a new school in Elba, Oregon, after his family recently moves there from Brooklyn. Once school starts, a competition begins immediately when Miss Natasha the tatoo bedecked Robots 101 teacher challenges the class to design the best robot that will be helpful for the school. This STEM oriented challenge appeals to Raj's strength, and he can't wait to win. However, there is more competition than he anticipated when a surprise occurs he doesn't anticipate. Klawde the evil cat lives Raj, who is only too happy to have a pet even though Klawde is feisty one from an alien planet. Although this all sounds wacky, the tale is suspenseful and full of twists and turns. The illustrations printed in a blue wash are convincing with an animated expressive flair. Many readers will love the high energy drama of middle school comeuppance, which occurs for saucy Klawde the evil alien cat as well. A fun read for kids ready for a a sophisticated science fiction action tale.
I like the way these books are written from Raj's viewpoint then from Klawde's viewpoint in alternating chapters. It's fun to see our world through Klawde's eyes, the way he interprets things, the way he labels things differently....it's fun. Then to see the same perspective from Raj's human eyes...it's cool. In this book they both are fighting their enemies. Well Klawde is the only one actually physically fighting. ****Spoiler alert:*** Raj has been sort of bragging and making some things up about his connection to Americaman's author's son from back in NYC. Surprisingly Raj's ex- best friend from NYC shows up at his school and right away takes all the attention from Raj. Klawde has been forming an army, training the kittens from down the street to fight and follow him as their leader. Klawde's nemesis Ffangg also gets exiled to Earth and infiltrates Klawde's army. Both Raj and Klawde had a good thing going and it got ruined by their enemies showing up. Finally they have something in common.
Not a review, just some thoughts for personal reference.
I thought this was a bit slow in the beginning but did pick up. Maybe not quite as fun as the first one, but maybe the novelty had worn off a bit. But I still enjoyed it a lot and definitely want to continue with the series to see how Klawde's evil plans get thwarted next.
As with the first book, there are also messages woven into the story as Raj and Klawde face similar difficulties but with some differences in approaches and outcomes.
The narration was mostly good but, as with the first book, a couple of the voices were grating. This time, the home room teacher was really overdone. In fact, I found the character to be entirely unnecessary. But maybe kids would enjoy her?
All in all, a good book for kids and adults, especially those who have known cats, even the inferior Earth kind.
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Klawde's parts are the best part of this book the human half of the chapters are just boring kid teenager drama. With a mixture of unrealisticness. I know saying that when there's an evil alien warlord cat sounds a little bit harsh but nobody cares about drones and fart noises why does much as a vicious cat who wants to do wars and battles to the death. The twist ending was pretty obvious but I really enjoyed the cats in the kittens and just how dynamic they were and how obvious it is they're actually cats. A cat's loyalty varies here and there and these cats definitely varied. I do find the comic book character in the comic book interest to be boring this book was lackluster and a lot of areas but mostly in the topics the teenagers talked about. I love the idea of the water robot but I didn't care about the rest of it.
OK, the concept of this series is silly and sets up a lot of obvious (but still funny) gags. But this excellent sequel is a testimony to the author because it ends up being more than that. Middle school is all about relationships, and anyone who has been a pre-teen knows that those relationships can be rocky at times. In this excellent sequel, Raj and Klawde both have to navigate friendships that have turned sour and what that means for them. The parallel stories create plenty of opportunity for reflection (and hijinks) that not only had our whole family laughing, but also set the stage for some deep conversations about trust, betrayal, and reconciliation.
We listened to the first book on our drive to Chicago for Thanksgiving and this one on the way back. Just as with the first, I can't recommend this enough for family fun times.
In this second novel of the series, Klawde and Raj explore the delicate relationships of childhood friendship. As Raj begins his first day at a new school, he is worried about making friends. When both Klawde and Raj acclimate to their new environment, they get a surprise visit from someone from their past. Will Klawde and Raj be able to overcome their differences and become allies with the people from their past?
I thought this novel was enjoyable like the first one. It had the same amount of humor and illustrations. I like that even though Klawde and Raj were going through something similar, they both had different outcomes and ways of coping. I hope there are more books to the series as I am looking forward to their friendship continue to grow.
let's just say Klawde gets his whiskers in a tangle trying to stay one step ahead of his biggest nemesis while learning some valuable lessons along the way...whether he'll admit it or not...and truth be told, so does his human counterpart, Raj. Though BOTH stories alternate chapters so we get to know each of them a bit better, I actually felt like this book somehow got us closer to Raj than the first. I mean, the wilderness camp thing was pretty intense (book 1) as was what Klawde did for him (and still kind of for himself), but here we see Klawde's influence rubbing off on him, yet only the better parts. Confused? Don't be...it all works out...for MOST of them anyway...and those it doesn't kind of, sort of, really deserved what was coming to them.
I reviewed this at my blog (Bookfoolery) so I'm going to skip a detailed review but I absolutely love this crazy series with an evil alien space kitty and his slightly awkward human boy. Will probably pre-order the third book, which is out in October. The first two were sent to me by the publisher and I've been gushing about them to everyone (spouse, youngest kid -- who is 27 and definitely wants to read them, my physical therapist). All were intrigued. For middle grade but so much fun I'd read them to younger kids and hand them to friends and grown-up children. Klawde does soften, over time, and boy Human Raj is a sweet character. I loved his parents, too.
Just as good and funny as book 1. Klawde has now found kittens that he will train as his troops so when he goes back to his planet he can take over with troops loyal to him. However, his plan does not take into account his enemy has been exiled to Earth and plans to upset Klawde's evil plan. Meanwhile Raj's NY past comes back to haunt him and cause him not to be so cool at school.
I love this series. This was just as much fun as the first book in the series. Klawde is a riot. His trials and tribulations made me laugh but he does not give up no matter how embarassing they are. Of course, he does not expect his minions to do what they do. Scary and I cannot wait for book 3.
Yes, I understand these are meant for actual children and not grown human-ogres such as myself...but damn, this one read really young. Klawde had some funny quips, but I didn't care at all about Raj's bits at school. Everyone is a bully, and Klawde tends to smite his bullies with MORE bullying (which of course sets a great example for Raj and for readers). This was also full of an absurd amount of fart jokes, I'm not a huge fan of seeing Klawde basically get high on catnip, and I think I've about had it with overeating/fat jokes too. Back to the warriors books for my cat fix, I suppose. PS - I still think the first book was brilliant and I'd like to own it 🐈
Another the kids and I listened to at bedtime and just loved! Klawde is such a character. This time around his evil archenemy Fang is in town and it gets busy. Raj also gets a person from his past back in town and he is none to pleased. I found Raj even more annoying this go round but Klawde more than made up for it, with his antics. I highly recommend for elementary age school children, my 2nd grader loves it and will laugh out loud. He is not keen on reading but at least this way he is getting something in, I hope. My 4th grader just thinks its funny, maybe she wouldn't read the book because she is a bit more advanced but listening is fine.
This one was just as good as the first if not better! I wish I could give it four and a half stars because I really enjoyed the story of this one more and the illustrations were just as funny. I could really feel myself relating to the utter dread of both main characters when they met their old enemies again and while I myself wished for rich revenge just as Klawde did I did enjoy how both tales were wrapped up. It was more real and touching. In Klawde's case it was more funny than anything. Coming to an end, I see it set itself up for a sequel that I'm more than ready to dive into!
I didn’t realize that we were reading book 2 of a series until late into the book. I’m sure I would have enjoyed reading this to my son a bit more of if didn’t feel a little lost jumping into the middle (we just missed some of the origin of how Raj and Klawde met). I’m not as into this series as my son, but he seems to like it so we’ll probably back track to #1 and continue on with the series eventually.
This book was a blast. A teenager adopts a stray cat who happens to be an exiled alien warlord from the planet Lyttrbocks. This is the second in the series, but you can read it first (we did). The clever twist in the story is how Raj's story and Klawde's intertwine despite their differing circumstances, and the bond that starts to form between them.
This book was outrageously funny!it was a very good story.i like the way with the names.i can’t wait until the third book comes comes out.I’m loving the series so far!there are lots of funny,weird and awesome parts in the story.once I pick the book up I can’t put it down!keep up the great work!
A second volume where an old friend resurfaced : friends which were enemies will become enemies, friends or something between. Not much more characters development in comparaison with the first volume. Maybe real action in volume 3?