As part of my cycle childhood reading, according to some friends (started as one and that's three ...), every child should have read, I began with the mystery of the children of Lua, Casalderrey Fina.
I read the book in Galician, because it has come to hand, in the edition orange The steamer that is, the intended Children older than 9 years (I read it because it exceeded the prerequisites of course). I must admit that A hole in the fence left a taste in my mouth hard to beat, with that game scenes were both children and adults, so I took this with some suspicion.
surplus.
I admit that I looked so good as the French book Sautereau, but has a lovely touch rarely found elsewhere. The story is told by David, a village boy, who lives with his father, mother and an older brother called Xocas. It also has a girlfriend named Branca, which is very smart, and a cat called Lua. Lua has had kittens before, twice, but both are gone and the children do not know what to chalk it, so ready to be detectives of older, they have to discover it using all the tricks they can and not trust anyone or take anything for granted.
Lua, the adorable cat is the center of each chapter, but David is active camera and tells us everything that weaves the plot through their actions. Everything revolves around the pregnant cat, kittens will have and the obsession to discover what happened to the others. Many of the passages in the book, as you might suppose, are told with a tenderness that surrounds everything, which takes precedence over the rest. The book is meant that feeling beautiful, quiet ... home and sad seeks joy and sadness, in scenes played by a folkloric ultra filter fun childish ignorance.
assists the reader to information that, for the few children are getting inquiries. Lua is what matters, and they do not mind getting into trouble to discover the infamous thief kittens. Although the tone is usually pleasant adventure, there are chapters sad (and why they're flashbacks and you know that nothing really terrible can happen, he knows the current situation from the beginning) and of the terrible illness suffered by the cat or when find it, or near the beginning, when children and Lua half desperately looking sad and kittens.
I was surprised that the end was not expected and how Casalderrey Mrs. Hitchcock ignored the teacher and presents all the possibilities, to a greater or lesser extent, on the front pages. When he finished, though I had opted for another possibility, which also occurs in the book, I could not fail to recognize that the elements, at least, had been submitted. Of course, getting picky, one could still suspicious of the explanation given.
Note: 7. It is a good book and I think a nice read for children. But it is clear that this is lost with age and is equally enjoyable in a band in another. 15 or 16 years ago would have been my favorites, almost certainly. It is simply adorable (actually is "Currin", for those who really understand.)
