INFANTIL

¡Una amistad imposible que cambiará todo lo que creías saber sobre gatos y ratones! ¿Qué sucede cuando el enemigo natural se convierte en quien más necesita tu ayuda? El Ratón Pérez está acostumbrado a recibir cartas de niños que le ofrecen dientes a cambio de regalos. Pero un día llega una carta muy extraña: un gato llamado Manchas Negras le "pide" un diente, no se lo ofrece. Al principio, Ratón Pérez piensa que es mejor ignorar la petición. ¡Un gato sin dientes es menos peligroso! Pero cuando llega una segunda carta, y luego una tercera manchada de lágrimas, descubre la verdad: Manchas Negras sueña con unirse al coro de gatos cantores, pero sin dientes su maullido es desafinado. ¿Podrá Ratón Pérez superar su miedo ancestral para ayudar a su enemigo natural? ¿Será capaz de atravesar la noche llena de peligros para cumplir una misión imposible?

There are good and bad djinns, a genie in a bottle, wizards, witches, cats and dogs (but are they cats and dogs?), and a mysterious floating castle filled with kidnapped princesses, as well as two puzzling prophecies. The story speeds along with tantalizing twists and turns until the prophecies are fulfilled, true identities are revealed, and all is resolved in a totally satisfying, breathtaking, surprise-filled ending. Abdullah was a young and not very prosperous carpet dealer. His father, who had been disappointed in him, had left him only enough money to open a modest booth in the Bazaar. When he was not selling carpets, Abdullah spent his time daydreaming. In his dreams he was not the son of his father but the long-lost son of a prince. There was also a princess who had been betrothed to him at birth. He was content with his life and his daydreams until, one day, a stranger sold him a magic carpet. All fans of classic fantasy books deserve the pleasure of reading those by Diana Wynne Jones, whose acclaim included the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.