Cat Ninja: Wanted

Cat Ninja #3

by Matthew Cody, Colleen A.F. Venable, Marcie Colleen

In Book 3 of the hugely popular Cat Ninja series, small-time crooks, sidekicks, and the wannabe supervillains who made our heroes who they are all get a chance to tell their stories––and their stories are hilarious!

Cat Wanted features Metro City's favorites and newcomers in tales that include a nearly cat-astrophic case of stolen identity, the not-so-villainous adventures of Master Hamster, and Adonis's first mission as one of the good guys. Enjoy six stand-alone stories, plus a five-part Cat Ninja special miniseries! 

The stories in Cat Wanted teach readers

Genres: Graphic Novels, Childrens, Animals, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Cats, Fiction

176 pages, Hardcover

Published May 10, 2022

About the author

Originally from the Midwest, Matthew Cody now lives in New York City with his wife and son. When not writing books or goofing off with his family, he teaches creative writing to kids of all ages.

Reviews

[D.T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series just doesn't miss!

[Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the fact that CatNinja doesn’t speak. Fun stories by several different writing teams.

[Bethany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This kept both of my kids' attention; we read it in one sitting. Because it is multiple stories, it could easily be broken up into shorter readings.

My son gave it two thumbs up (or really "a hundred-thousand-million thumbs up"). It has fun stories, characters, and hijinks. If you are reading it out loud to someone younger, it's fun to do different voices for the multiple characters - especially the villains. It also mixes in vocabulary words for kids to learn.

This was our first Cat Ninja book, but my son immediately asked for us to read more.

It kept my kids engrossed without the gross-out humor that you see in some of the other popular graphic novels aimed at elementary/middle grade kids. The grossest humor here is a bean villain that visits the ER when his attempt to gas a town backfires, but words like "fart" aren't used here. The humor in that situation is more the puns around a gassy bean than the actual acting of passing gas.

My kids loved the book and would definitely recommend it.

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third full-sized book in and it looks like we might be signing off on this crime-fighting critter. The main story is pell-mell action, as Cat Ninja gets arrested for a crime wave, which kind of goes against all we know him for. If it didn't have the obvious feel of wrapping up a trilogy, it has the final beat to suggest it was what we'd been building up to, and if it wasn't for all that there's the inclusion of a whole host of other one-shot type stories, from guest contributors galore. To my tastes, this wasn't the best way to finish – the verbosity of the main story a bit too much, and the quality of the extras not exactly as fine as their variety. But it never pretended to be anything other than briskly-read candy-coloured capers, and that's what we get, meaning the target audience will be happy. I may be heavily mistaken and the franchise might outlive me, but there are the first signs of it being below par, and either way I would call this the best spot for me to depart the series.

[Jennyfer · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids (at time of writing aged 9 and 6) LOVE Cat Ninja. They've read all of the series' on Epic, so this was an action-packed re-read for them.

Cat Ninja: Wanted opens with Cat Ninja being framed for a crime he didn't commit. Full of supervillains and humour, this is a graphic novel for younger readers. The artwork is in the style of the Marvel/DC comics, with lots of onomatopoeic "Thwaks" for good measure.

There are multiple stories within this book, and the kids will love them all.

~Many thanks to Netgalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~

[Angela 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5 year old is learning to read and she loves the cat ninja books! We listen/read them on the Epic! app and she can following along and see the new sight words that she's learning. We love following the adventures of cat ninja and the sidekicks and seeing where each book will take us! My 3 year old also loves to read/listen to these books with us!

Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the copy of this book!

[Nicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cat Ninja is fantastic! My kids love this series of graphic novels. It's a fun story that has appeal to many levels of readers. The artwork is bright and fun! This is a great series to get kids interested in reading. Keep the Cat Ninja books coming!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

[Christine LaBatt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cat Ninja is a series of stories in graphic novel form that follow Cat Ninja and his sidekick Master Hamster. I hadn't read any previous Cat Ninja stories, and I think that would've helped. They referenced things that had happened previously without giving any context, which made it confusing at times. The illustrations are all beautiful though!

[Julia Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley for this digital copy of Cat Ninja. I added this to my Kindle for myself and my 8 year old. Let me tell you he devoured this book. He was giddy and ready to share during his last week of school so his teacher read it off his Kindle to the class. A room of rising 3rd graders loved it and sent their appreciation for sharing. Definitely one we will add to the library.

[lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was cute, it would have been cuter except the format was very irritating. It was annoying that each book was a short chapter. Why not bind them together and have one book and one complete story to read in 15 minutes, instead of 3 minute one chapter books? Every time we'd start to get comfortable, we'd have to go looking for the next chapter.

[Engel Dreizehn · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC Copy...Hehe another insane and whacky collection of adventures with a cat and a hamster who secretly super heroes. Fans of the series will not be disappointed and...hehe hospital for weird yet familiar creatures. It was a nice way to end off the collection.

[Ricardo · Rating 1 out of 5]

dosent let read

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

[Julayes Shifa]

I Love Cat Ninja

[Corliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is talking about a cat ninja he help people and he and his cat so he helps some people to safety that’s the weather talking about.

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Miss 9 read. She commented that she enjoyed the first two books in the series more.

[Crys · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Nathan W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best books ever made.
Five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cant believe this is a thing and that is enjoy it

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This third book in the CatNinja graphic novel series offers plenty of superhero action and humor, but it also offers themes related to family and friendship. This volume in the series is broken into several parts. The first third of the book is one story called "Wanted" revolving around Cat Ninja getting framed for robbing some businesses. The other two-thirds of the book is a collection of short comics about Cat Ninja facing off with various villains including a pair of raccoon brothers, a cockroach, a cat burglar, and a King Crab. The stories are short and episodic which makes the book a fun one for striving readers. Cat Ninja and his sort-of-sidekick Mr. Squeaks (he likes to call himself Master Hamster) live with a brother, sister, and mother in an apartment, but both have their own secret lairs. One of the stories amusingly focuses on the mother's job of taking care of supernatural creatures as a doctor (her children think she's a regular doctor). Their are several different illustrators for these stories, as a result the characters, especially Mr. Squeaks) look a little bit different in some of the stories. The illustrations are bright, colorful, and very superhero comic-like. The Cat Ninja series as a whole is bound to be a favorite among young readers who enjoy a good superhero/supervillain type story with some great amusing touches.

[Nora · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book ever. I can't stop reading it over and over!