Escape from Hat
"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." --Amazon.com.
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I grabbed this because I loved the art on the cover. I was a little worried because all of the blurbs on the back are from directors and creators of children's movies, instead of children's authors. This reads like a movie. It would make a great read-aloud as each chapter is a little adventure. It was just the little escape I needed in this pandemic. I love the idea that everyone has 1. a cat that stalks you to bring you bad luck and 2. a lucky rabbit who is there to bring you luck. I love the balance there.
And this:
“....even the most important of businessmen decided they'd better just relax and save their rude remarks for the ambivalent hipsters who'd collectively annexed their coffee shops.” pg 151
It loses a star for an unnecessary romance (really Morel? Love? You are like the Imperator Furiosa of rabbits)and because I felt like it had potential to be a new classic for children but it goes for the laughs instead of exploring deeper themes.