Hard Road

"Jeremy, do you remember in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy had gone to California, and there was a big earthquake and Dorothy, and Jim the cab-horse, and the boy Jeb, all fell down a hole in the earth? And they had lots of adventures? And then finally they came to Oz."

"Of course I remember!"

"Well, this is a lot like that."

"Some of their adventures were scary, Aunt Cat. The Mangaboos, the vegetable people, were going to plant them. And they were chased by invisible bears."

That's a lot like this.

"We're going to have to be brave for a while. And resourceful, Jeremy, because I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

Praise for Barbara D'Amato's Cat Marsala Novels

"Cat is as likable as she is clever."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Barbara D'Amato's books about Chicago's own Cat Marsala are full of all sorts of pleasures."
-CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Hard-hitting, gritty, witty, and wise... a riveting read."
-BOOKLIST

"Faultless. Top-notch!"
-THE DROOD REVIEW OF MYSTERY