Escape from Hat

Name: Escape from Hat
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Adam Kline
ISBN: 9780062993953

Author: Adam Kline

Narrator: Gary Furlong

Unabridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/03/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Fantasy Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Good and bad luck battle to control the world in this hilarious and enchanting middle grade novel about a lucky rabbit, an evil black cat, and one hapless boy caught between them, from award-wining screenwriter and debut author Adam Kline.We all have good luck and bad, courtesy of our very own lucky rabbits and bad-luck black cats. Most people never notice them.Cecil Bean certainly never noticed the villainous cat, Millikin, that lurked around every corner or his devoted rabbit, Leek, who was never far from his side. At least not until Millikin hatches a deliciously evil plan to vanish Leek into a magician’s hat, leaving Cecil with no good luck at all and stranding poor Leek in a world that no rabbit has ever escaped from. Leek and Cecil will do anything to find their way back to each other—even if it means facing enormous odds and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. To escape from Hat, Leek must sail across the Great Ink, travel beyond the Jungle Prime Evil, trek through the Grottos of Ill Repute, and enter the heart of all bad luck: the fortress of the black cats itself.All while Cecil heads out on an adventure of his own to find the hard-heartened magician, whose tricks seem to have turned Cecil’s life upside down.Gear up for adventure in this boisterously entertaining debut novel by award-winning screenwriter Adam Kline! Soon to be a major animated motion picture from Academy Award-nominated director (Kung Fu Panda, Little Prince) Mark Osborne.

About Adam Kline

Adam Kline is an author and screenwriter based in the American Midwest. His lucky rabbit is based in the garden, just left of the kale.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 20, 2012

My childhood self—a pale stalk of glowering boy—is standing on a deserted beach as I wave to him from the vantage of adulthood, aboard a mighty 18th-century warship. I'm setting sail—against my will, of course—for dangerous adventure and already missing the security of that solid shoreline, still vi......more

Goodreads review by Lori on October 27, 2022

The cutest book ever. Told with the flavour of fairytales but with descriptions (and OH! the illustrations!) that allow you to see the movie that might be made one day. Leek, the lucky rabbit, must fight his way back to his boy, Cecil, after a bad (in every sense of the word) magician kidnaps him and......more

Goodreads review by A.E. Curzon on January 01, 2013

I bought this book because I was intrigued by the amount of 5 star reviews it had garnered on Amazon (63 out of 64 at the last look). Nothing can be this good, I thought. But wow, was I wrong! I was captivated from the first page. From the cute and the courageous to the mean metal Dimmer-Dammers, fr......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on December 03, 2012

I truly enjoyed reading about the adventures of Leek & his friends (& foes). Kline's use of five-dollar words and poetic prose bring the world of Hat to life. Children will love the whimsical situations that Leek finds himself in & will wish they had such a loyal, lucky rabbit. Also, Kline's clever......more

Goodreads review by Lorie on October 24, 2021

I think everyone should read this book. It was adventurous and had magic in it like I thought, but the magic is good luck provided by the bunnies and bad luck by black cats. There were a lot of funny times that had me smiling and laughing while I was reading. I loved everything about this book, and......more