Jane on Her Own, Ursula K. Le Guin
Jane on Her Own, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jane on Her Own

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrator: Ursula K. Le Guin

Unabridged: 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/19/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin's Catwings books are beloved by younger readers. In the final book of the series, youngest catwings kitten Jane is fed up with life on the farm, and decides to strike out on her own. She soon finds that people will take advantage of her for their own gain, and tries to find someone who loves her not just because she is a cat with wings.

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality, and ethnography.

Ursula has influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell-and notable science fiction and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks. She has won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She has resided in Portland, Oregon since 1959.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

Cute. For all cat lovers! This is probably great for 6-8 year olds or cat lovers. This little series is about flying cats. Jane strikes out on adventure back in the city. A simple and fun story. Nice illustrations as well. This is a beginning chapter book.......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine

Just so charming, and I also enjoy the story that not everyone is at home in the country, some of us are city cats. And that sometimes people who appear to be nice to us are using us.......more

Goodreads review by Mathew

Happened by this from a friend on twitter and bought it immediately. It's not the first in the series of these 'taking flight' (Meek) books. The stories revolve around a family of cats who have wings and live in seclusion on a farm. I laughed at how well it was written compared to endless other 'fir......more