Solo's Journey

By Joy Smith Aiken and Joy Aiken Smith

Book Overview

This story of survival focuses on Solo, a special cat with wisdom and insight who, after the death of his mother struggles to survive in the tough but close-knit community of feral cats to which he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399133216
• ISBN13: 9780399133213
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 20.0" x 20.0" x 20.0"

Customer Reviews

My Review of Solo's Journey

The book that I am writing about is a wonderful adventure novel, Solo's Journey. It is all in the view of cats, who are the main characters. The cats live near an Owner complex, with a large green bin called the Keep, where they get all their food from. Some of the main characters are Solo (The very heart character of the story), Kitty-Kitty, Spanno, Selven, Ponder, Speaker, Tanner, and many other adorable characters. It all starts off where Solo, as a kit, wakes up at the third darkfall that his mother and sister-kits had been away. When he went to get food from the Keep he met the three friends Spanno, Selven, and Ponder, and eventually became great friends with them. Trying to fit in to a Quorum, Solo finds, is more difficult than it seems. Although he is taught well by his friends ( Kitty-Kitty is his replacement mother, Ponder teaches him to fight, Selven teaches the art of quickness, Spanno teaches hunting, and the rest of the Quorum fills in the rest.) Solo is forced to endure the endless taunts and jeers by the cats, even his friends. After the great Speaker passes on, Solo somehow is able to solve many problems, given the title Speaker-kit. He grudgingly accepts the label, although he had no clue what would happen next. After an invasion from the North Territory their Dom starts to become steadily insane and works the cats on watch cruelly. After challenging him with a fight Spanno becomes the new Dom. But after an exlplosion from a giant metal, screeching creation of the Owners the cats call a Raufaul, there is a tragic fire, destroying Dom Spanno and appointing Dom Solo. As Solo learns he has to lead the cats into freedom and wilderness he finally finds his purpose in life. I sincerely think that this is truly one of the best and most creative stories of all time, and I strongly recommend this story to anyone who wants to read an exciting, strong, poetic and touching story which not only is a wonderful read, but is also filled with lessons and different points of view from an animal most of us don't understand. By Mary R.

SOLO'S JOURNEY

I loved this book. I loved the characters. "Solo's Journey" is one book which I read once a year. True, it's about cats, but even a non-cat person could really get into this lovely novel about the orphaned kitten, Solo, his coming of age and his becoming leader to a community of ferral cats. Not only was "Solo's Journey" a delight to read, the wonderful descriptions throughout the story made me wish I was a film producer and could have "Solo's Journey" become a movie.Ms Joy Smith Akin is so talented; unfortunately, I haven't been able to find more of her writtings anywhere. There was very lit-tle, too written about the author on the book jacket.

A must for cat lover's

This is one of my favourite books of all time. The story is beautifully crafted, poignant and inspirational - it never fails to move me to tears.If you love cat's I highly recommend this book.

Inspirational and informational cat story

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Solo, the young kitten, is brought up by one of the dominant cats in the cat community. He is taught kindness and strength in a world of hard living and competition softened by the friendship of the cats in the community. Solo is thrust into many leadership situations while very young. He must rise to the occasion and use his special powers at times to lead others. You'll learn about courage, strength and love. I would like to see a follow-up book which tells how the other cats went off and started their communities and linked with Solo in his community of cats to have more adventures. Joy, please write a Part II. We want more!

Solo's Journey

As a cat lover, I was extremely impressed by the book, "Solo's Journey". Ms Aiken has a great understanding and empathy towards the feral feline population. Unfortunately, this marvelous book is out of print. The saga tells about Solo, the tiny feral orphaned kitten, who is taken "under paw" by the young leaders of his feral community, eventually becoming the leader, himself. A beautifully written book, for not only cat lovers, but for anyone. ,