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Cat's Cradle is a series of graphic novels written by Jo Rioux. Started in 2022, the series tells of the travels of an orphan named Suri.
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Book One: The Golden Twine[]
The story takes place in a spooky fantasy world infused with folklore both familiar and new. Giants wander the surrounding mountains, keeping out monsters such as flesh-hungry caitsiths (cat creatures who can transform into humans — except for their tails).
Suri, the protagonist, lives among traveling merchants — but she claims she comes from “the land of monsters” and was carried into the valley by a dragon when she was an infant. She aspires to be a monster tamer — a real one, unlike the fraudulent professionals who have taken to growing jackalope horns in old fruit. But when Suri picks up a ball of golden twine dropped by a mysterious boy whose packages she helped carry away from the merchant camp, she becomes the quarry of a family of caitsiths. At times vividly hair-raising, the book never overwhelms the reader, making it a worthy entry in the too-small category of scary fun for middle grade readers.
Rioux is a fabulous artist with a highly distinctive style: Here cat-eyed humans live in a world of aquas and rusts, golds and shadows. The color base of each background evolves to fit the mood, so it’s a pleasure just to flip through the scenes, taking in the tones. (Gotten from The New York Times)
Book Two: The Mole King's Lair[]
This sequel to The Golden Twine (2022) picks up with 12-year-old Suri looking for odd jobs to keep herself, imp Caglio, and giant doglike monster Byron fed as they make their way to the Monster’s Cradle, where Suri hopes to find her family. Being followed by a group of Caitsiths, catlike shape-shifters, they head to the mining town of Tancredi, where they hope to find work. But unbeknownst to them, the miners of Tancredi have been going missing, leaving the formerly prosperous town in ruins. On their way north, they are attacked by a mole king, but they manage to escape and in the process rescue Kolya, a thief on an impossible mission who harbors a secret. Kolya stumbled across the mole king’s treasure but was caught in the act of trying to take some of the gold coins. He and Suri team up to try again.
The action moves at a quick pace, and the storylines are easy to follow, although readers familiar with the first volume will better understand some of them. Strong in comedic timing and banter, this entry follows plucky Suri as she continues to problem-solve, extricating her band of travelers from numerous sticky situations. Suri has brown skin and hair; Kolya has light skin and black hair.
Book Three: Suri's Dragon (November 2024)[]
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- Barns & Noble Booksellers