The Goat, Anne Fleming
The Goat, Anne Fleming
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The Goat

Author: Anne Fleming

Narrator: Michelle Monteith

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2018


Synopsis

When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City, she discovers a goat living on the roof of her Manhattan apartment building— but she soon realizes a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home, whose residents are both fascinating and unforgettable.
When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building.
Rumor says there’s a goat living on the roof, but how can that be?
As Kid soon discovers, a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home, whose residents are both fascinating unforgettable.
In the penthouse lives Joff Vanderlinden, the famous skateboarding fantasy writer, who happens to be blind. On the ninth floor are Doris and Jonathan, a retired couple trying to adapt to a new lifestyle after Jonathan’s stroke. Kenneth P. Gill, on the tenth, loves opera and tends to burble on nervously about his two hamsters — or are they guinea pigs? Then there’s Kid’s own high-maintenance mother, Lisa, who is rehearsing for an Off Broadway play and is sure it will be the world’s biggest flop.
Then Kid meets Will, whose parents died in the Twin Towers. And when she learns that the goat will bring good luck to whoever sees it, suddenly it becomes very important to know whether the goat on the roof is real.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6

Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on March 19, 2017

My video review: [URL not allowed] I won The Goat in a Goodreads giveaway, and am quite happy I did. It took me about half-way into the book to realise I've heard of it before. One of my professors mentioned that her friend had written a book about a goat living on top of a building in New......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer on March 23, 2025

A Wes Anderson movie in a novella, this can be read by any age......more

Goodreads review by Yapha on August 21, 2017

I liked the premise of this story, but I felt the adult points of view diluted the story and will be uninteresting to the intended audience. If it had stuck with Kid telling the story it would have been stronger. Also, way too many issues going on for this short a book.......more

Goodreads review by Azzurra on July 11, 2018

Sono sinceramente perplessa. Mai mi era capitato di impiegare così tanto tempo per leggere 160 pagine (tra l'altro scritte belle larghe) e probabilmente dopo le prime 80 avrei anche mollato. Questo non è un romanzo ma un'accozzaglia di cose, stipate insieme senza un reale senso. L'idea poteva essere......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 29, 2018

This was an absolutely delightful gem I discovered on my library's Overdrive subscription. We listened to the audiobook in the car on a road trip, and me, my husband, and my five-year-old were all thoroughly engaged. The writing style reminded me quite a bit of Rebecca Stead! Highly recommended for......more