The Time-Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess cover art

The Time-Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Time-Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess

By: Julia Jarman
Narrated by: David Collins
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Ka is the most beautiful cat that Topher Hope has ever seen. But Ka is no ordinary cat and though she chooses to live with Topher, in present-day England, she sometimes disappears for days at a time.

Topher decides he must try and follow her. His first incredible journey leas him through time and space to Ancient Egypt, where he finds danger - and the key to Ka's extraordinary devotion.

©1992 Julia Jarman (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Action & Adventure Animals Animals & Nature Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Time-Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle cover art
Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll cover art
The Wild Way Home cover art
Queen of Darkness cover art
The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks cover art
Street Child cover art
Rumaysa: A Fairytale cover art
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Our beloved Birman Eddie disappeared for 8 days, causing great emotional upheaval in our house. The boys (aged 6 & 8) and I were extremely upset. Luckily he "magically" reappeared.

This book is theoretically about a stray cat called "Ka", that appears and re-appears much to the distress of Toffa (aged 10) who spends much of the book searching for her. For anyone who has lost a cat, this book will resonate deeply. The descriptions of an empty, cold house and longing to spend every second of the day searching, really reflected what the family went through.

Of course there is more to it than that. Toffa's mother has recently died, and this gets mixed up with the loss of the cat. His father gets increasingly distrustful of Toffa's exploits, and then there is a new friendship with a deaf girl called Ellie. Ellie eventually decides to get cochlear implants to help her hear and (as my 6 yr old has a deaf child in his class) it was really interesting to hear how this friendship plays out.

It's not the easiest of listens, as it covers some really big emotional topics. It is however extremely exciting and thought provoking. This combined with the mention of animal sacrifice in Ancient Egypt (SPOILER ALERT Ka is rescued at the last minute, so no actual sacrifice but lots of suggestive bits for the nervously inclined) makes me suggest this is suitable for age 7 and over. Having said that, whilst some of the adult themes are missing my 6 yr old, he did ask our cat Eddie - when he came home late - if he had been out time traveling to the Temple of Bastet. Eddie just purred and said nothing.

Sensitive handling of death, loss, deafness

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.