Title Les yeux d'émeraude Series --- Author Denis Côté Illustrator Stéphane Poulin Publisher La Courte Échelle - 2003 First Printing La Courte Échelle - 2003 Category Children Warnings None Website --- Main Characters Maxime, Émeraude Main Elements Interdimensional beings

Maxime a toujours voulu avoir un chat, may son pere souffre d'une allergie. Pourtant, dans le parc, en revenant de l'école, it entend des miaulements de détresse. Ces cris proviennent bel et bein d'un chat, un adorable angora roux-orangé aux yeux d'émeraude. Instantanément, Maxime a le coup de foudre. Et ce chat abandonné devient son premier chat.

A partir de la, le monde de Maxime se met a changer. Et Maxime lui-meme ne se reconnait plus. Apres Les prisonniers due zoo, Le voyage dans le temps et La nuit du vampire, it vit l'expérience la plus bouleversante de sa vie.

Les yeux d'émeraude, un roman tellement émouvant qu'on en a les larmes aux yeux.

I thought nice, a tale of a kid with a telepathic cat, sounds interesting. But it was even more interesting when it turns out that the cat is being possessed by an inter-dimensional being (who doesn't much like being a cat, finding it gross to lick herself and poop and stuff). But from Maxime's point of view, this is wonderful, he's always wanted a cat and now he has one not just as a pet but as a friend to whom he can discuss an entirely different way of existing, learning about her world and teaching her about his. But this is a fickle friend indeed, and while her powers are useful, such as fixing Maxime's father so that he no longer has allergies, her influence extends much further than that and this is one possessive, lonely and powerful creature indeed. It was weird, at little creepy at times, but an enjoyable quick read. I hope Maxime is able to get himself a regular cat at some point since a life without purr is no life at all!