The Kingdom and the Cave

by Joan Aiken

Book Overview

Prince Michael is accompanied by the palace cat and a wise old mare on a long and dangerous search for the elusive Under People. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385030436
• ISBN13: 9780385030434
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!

This is a fantastic book! I read it in German when I was 12 years old, and now, 20 years later, I still remember it being so great that I just bought an English copy. Can't wait to read it in its original language. It's one of the most remarkable books I've ever read (and I'm reading at least 1-3 books every week). Highest praise.

The Best of Joan Aiken

"The Kingdom and the Cave" and "Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home" are Joan Aiken's best books. I could never understand why "Wolves of Willoughby Chase" got all the hype. I can't even remember the story, and I know I read it!

The Kingdom And The Cave is an awsome book!

This book is about a prince named Michael and his cat named Mickle who need to save their kingdom, Astalon, from the very dangerous under-people. The problem is that they need to venture among the under-people and steal their magic box which has the power to save Astalon! The Kingdom and the Cave has a great plot! Joan Aiken comes up with the best stories ever. It's what I expected, a great book with lovable characters (most of them). Before I discovered this book, I read The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Cold Shoulder Road. They were also good books, but The Kingdom and the Cave is just great, even though it was her first book! The characterization in this book is unbelievable. All of the characters have their own personality, and the description is superb. I can almost see Mickle ( the cat) talking to his friend Minerva the horse, Michael flying on the magical dragon chariots to Dingle-Warren, or Mickle talking to Brock the badger! The only drawback about this book is that there are a lot of different things happening at once. This mixed me up so that I had to read each chapter two or three times before I understood what was happening clearly. This discouraged me, but I kept reading and it was much easier to understand what was happening! I highly recommend this book for people who like to read about fantasy and cats!

a very good book for children who like fantasy

This was a great book full of imagination, wit, and humor. You should read it, too! It's one of Joan Aiken's best books.

I loved it!!!

This was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. It's a well-written tale about a young prince named Michael, his cat Mickle, and their magical quest to save the kingdom from a bunch of evil cave-dwellers who are plotting to take over. Highly recommended!!!