"Unalloyed delight. You should be warned that if you hate cats you'd better not read this story, for it will so entertain you and instruct you in the ways of cats that your interest and liking will be aroused in spite of you." -- Chicago Daily Tribune "When I was 9 years old I plucked The Abandoned from my school library's dusty shelves and fell in love with literature. The adventures that unfolded, reminiscent of The Wind in the Willows and Peter Pan , captured me so thoroughly I knew writing was part of my destiny." --Naomi Serviss, Newsday "This is one of Gallico's best works, making a perfect companion to his more famous 'Thomasina' and telling of a boy transposed into the body of a cat by accident. His life as a cat involves many hard lessons from companion Jennie in this excellent, sensitive story." -- Midwest Book Review "Unalloyed delight.You should be warned that if you hate cats you'd better not read this story, for it will entertain you and instruct you in the ways of cats, that your interest and liking will be aroused in spite of you.

" -- Chicago Sunday Tribune "In portraying Jennie, a London tabby, Paul Gallico has given us not only a cat's-eye-view of the cosmos, but also a cat immortal." -- Saturday Review of Literature "Poetry and fantasy so skillfully impregnate the story that a parable of haunting wistfulness emerges." -- Christian Science Monitor.