The Flight of Mehetabel (The Jeff Greenaway Series Book 3)

President Kennedy is entertaining some now-forgotten head-of-state in the White House and eleven-year-old Jeff Greenaway and his best friend Bobby Schindler are in New York City entertaining themselves€"tossing water balloons, pennies and one Spanish melon off the fifteenth-floor terrace of the Schindler€s apartment building over looking Fifth Avenue. Bobby€s cat, Mehetabel, wanders out to sun herself and€"inspired by the blustery day€"the boys decide to fashion a parachute of Mrs. Schindler€s pink damask tablecloth and send Mehetabel for a twelve-foot sail from the balcony of the water tower to the terrace. The phlegmatic Mehetabel cooperates like a flight cadet as they fit her with the parachute, but the wind is unpredictable and the experiment goes awry. Mehetabel takes flight over Central Park with the boys€"along with a Park Avenue matron, a couple of winos, a retired veterinarian and the New York City Fire Department€"in hot pursuit.
James Howard Kunstler€s charming tale takes us back to an age when NYC was a natural playground for two little boys on a breezy afternoon, a native would lend you a dime to make a phone call, and cats could fly.
The Flight of Mehetabel is the third in Mr. Kunstler€s series of children€s books for adults. Collect all of his enchanting Jeff Greenaway tales at www.waterstreetpressbooks.com.