Faith and the Rocket Cat

by Patrick Jennings

Book Overview

Faith and her electric dog, Edison, are back in San Francisco, but there are a few things they need to iron out before they can relax. For one thing, jerky Alexander doesn't believe the Peahen can... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590110047
• ISBN13: 9780590110044
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Faith and the Rocket Cat

This book is from an electric dog's point of view; electric meaning a dog that comes from many breeds, basically a mutt, named Edison. Now Edison is no ordinary dog, he is a literate, which means that he can read, write, and understand what humans say to him. In this book Edison is writing a story about his adventures with his master Faith. In the beginning of the book Edison, Faith, Faith's mom and step-dad are moving from El Perro Corriente, Mexico to San Francisco, California. On their plane ride there Edison meets a full breed dog named Daphne and he falls in (puppy) love with her, but he feels as if his feelings aren't being returned. Edison is in luck though because it turns out that his new house is practically neighbors with Daphne's. There is one more thing that is out of the ordinary about Edison (besides the fact that he's bilingual), he and his master built a rocket ship that actually worked, but most people don't believe her. For example, when Faith started school again in San Francisco and she told her class about the rocket nobody believed her. Especially this boy named Alex, so Faith invited him over one day to experience a flight first-hand. Edison also wanted to invite someone (Daphne), but every time he even came close to her, her master told him to go away or she would even call the dog pound. So Edison convinced Faith to act as if she was her mother and invite Daphne and her master over for coffee. On the day of the little get-together something really bad happened. The rocket took off! With Faith, Edison, Daphne, Alex, and Faith's mother inside. And to add to the matter Daphne ate all of the fuel, which was pig-fat and jalapenos. So the Rocket died out in the air, but luckily they landed safely because they had parachutes. They all landed in Death Valley, but they didn't land together they were separated in the wind. Will they find each other in the desert, Will they Daphne ever become interested in Edison, or Will they even make it out alive? Find out by reading the book.

Good Read

Very funny. Well-written This was a great book.