num_pages: 160
description: Joan Aiken's first published children's novel, written originally when she was 17.Mickle, the Palace cat finds a mysterious message telling of a threat to the Kingdom of Astalon by the Under People. Prince Michael is helped by Mickle and his other animal friends Minerva the horse, Prince Nicodemus the water rat and many more, to rescue the King and Queen from danger when he learns the Universal Animal Language and joins his friends in battles and magic ceremonies to defeat the enemy.
language: English
title: The Kingdom and the Cave
titlecomplete: The Kingdom and the Cave
characters: Mickle
genres: Childrens, Juvenile, Fantasy
ratings_count: 100
publisher: Doubleday