Cat Ninja: Time Heist (Cat Ninja #2) (2024)

Fun middle grade graphic novel that gets into some wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff but doesn't make your head hurt with the timeline shenanigans. Dynamic, bright art, fun characters, and some good lessons about right and wrong.

Hey fellow readers! I just finished this amazing graphic novel called "Cat Ninja: Time Heist," and it's like a purr-fect mix of action and cuteness! Let me spill the kitty secrets for you.

So, in this book, our superhero duo, Cat Ninja and Master Hamster, face a challenge even bigger than battling villains – babysitting! But it's not just any babysitting; it's an egg. Yeah, you heard me right, an egg. But wait till you see what hatches from it! It's a fluffy ball of feathers and cuteness overload. Baby's first superhero adventure is about to begin!

Our fearless feline and hamster heroes decide to bring their newest family member along as they uncover the identity and evil plans of Metro City's latest foe. It's like a fur-tastic, action-packed family outing!

Through the exciting adventures of Cat Ninja and Master Hamster, we learn some super important stuff. Like using our powers, whether they're super or not, to stand up for those who need help. And family, oh boy, family comes in all shapes and sizes, even with fluffy feathers. Plus, everyone deserves a second chance, right?

The book is full of awesome pictures that show all the cool moves and super cute moments. If you love superheroes, adorable creatures, and learning important life lessons, "Cat Ninja: Time Heist" is the graphic novel for you. It's like a ninja-cat party with life wisdom as the special guest. So, grab the book, dive into the furry adventures, and get ready for a meow-velous time! 🐾💥📖

This series is so much fun, but I have come to expect great things from Epic!. They really know how to make a fun, engaging story for all ages. There is a super fun plot twist that I wasn’t even expecting that impressed me. I love this little series so much! It has humor, heart, tension, action, and a ninja cat called Cat Ninja (there’s a difference).

Sometimes, in stories with animals as the main characters the humans are a drag. But not the case here! The kids in the story have just as much character as the animals and are still, realistically, coming to terms with their parents’ divorce. And if it speaks to more of this story’s excellence, the main character, Cat Ninja never speaks outside of facial expressions, and it doesn’t hinder anything. I liked him as a character.

The cast of quirky heroes and villains all have some snazzy designs, and I can’t wait to see more of Thomas’ creations. Hoot was cute as can be!

'Cat Ninja: Time Heist' by Matthew Cody with art by Chad Thomas and Warren Wucinich is a graphic novel for younger readers about the secret life of animals.

Cat Ninja fights various criminals that are other animals with his hamster sidekick. When they find a baby owl, then that baby exhibits some superpowers, they set out to find out where the baby owl is from and that may lead them in to the future and some deceptive enemies.

This was my first introduction to Ninja Cat, er Cat Ninja, and it's a fun series. The characters are well rounded, the action is good and there is some heart to the story. The art works really well and is also fun.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

New from Epic and Andrews McMeel comes episode 8 in the Cat Ninja series. Even if readers have never listened to the online Epic series, the storyline is easy to follow and familial and pet relationships are quickly established. So are all the bad guys that Claude/Cat Ninja and his trusty sidekick/fellow crime fighting hamster must tackle as they attempt to reunite a newly hatched owl with her family and set the space time continuum back to rights. Graphics are outstanding and both they and the accompanying text are kept free of profanity, sexual content and the violence is very cartoon-like. Great choice for graphic novel sections in libraries serving grades 1-4.

Thanks for the finished copy, Andrews McMeel!

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

This book was received as an ARC from Andrews McMeel Publishing - Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book was like watching your favorite 90's Saturday Morning Cartoon. This had creative illustrations, drama, action, adventure and pure magic. I can even see this turning into a cartoon on a major platform and a series that will take off with the appropriate accommodations. This book also immediately grabbed my attention with the dialogue and illustrations being clever, colorful and just plain hysterical. I really can see a lot of our young readers forming a fan base with this series and being well circulated.

We will consider adding this title to our J Graphic Novel collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

A bright, engaging graphic novel perfect for readers aged 7+ who enjoy light hearted, adventurous, superhero stories. The heartfelt message about all families being equally valid and important that was woven into this entertaining time travelling tale offers this some lovely additional depth for its target audience too and I would happily introduce this series into any middle/senior primary classroom library.

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.

I am now vastly amused by this series. Cody needs to write faster now.

What a purrrr-fect children’s graphic novel!

Miss 9 enjoyed reading this. She found it a quick read and asked for the next book in the series :)

1st Line: " 'Be free, my fishy comrades.' "

Prose (Story): Volume two in the epic Epic! Cat Ninja graphic novel series finds the gang perplexed when Leon brings home an egg to babysit for school ... and out pops what appears to be a high-energy baby owl that may also bear some super powers! The newest member of the crime-fighting team - or a possible link to a nefarious new villain on the horizon, out to get Cat Ninja for good via the ability to seemingly manipulate time? Even as Master Hamster begins trying to find out an answer to such questions, both Cat Ninja and Metro City find their hands full, and time literally running out!

Don's (Review): I LOVED the first Cat Ninja book; from the hilarious characters and sardonic humor, to the positive messages about family and solving problems together, and to Chad Thomas's art that compliments author Matthew Cody's inventive storyline - it was a winner. So imagine my thrill when this sequel, Time Heist, easily matches (if not surpasses) the original! In true superhero style, both the danger and the stakes to our heroes are ratcheted up here, and the resolution of the mystery behind the new, feathery member of the team is not just satisfying but also funny and - dare I say it? - even gives you an attack of the warm fuzzies. The villains are upgraded, as well, causing a real threat to the city and our heroes - while at the same time, just like book one, the humor is perfect at both breaking the tension and winking at the adults, in a few cases with a line that might otherwise go over a kid's head. Which is one of the things I love most about this series (this one such a fast read, when done I turned back to the front and read it again), and why I will read ANYTHING with Cat Ninja (not Ninja Cat, mind you, but Cat Ninja) on the cover: you don't have to be a kid to enjoy all the pulp in this fiction. Onward, volume three! (Available November 23) 4.5/5 stars

NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.

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Five more comic episodes featuring the ninja cat that everybody calls Cat Ninja. A whole story arc threaded through things concerns the birth of a hatchling bird both he and his hamster nemesis have to look after, and for once this story more than engages and stops this being a series of one-shots to become a proper, combined book. Before then things brighten up whenever a new baddy appears – with the Combat Wombat a clear best (at least until Elan Mollusk turns up). It's bright and breezy, it's got the intellectual level of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, and it should go down well as a bit of exuberant entertainment – it's certainly, in the finish, a lot less disposable than first appearances suggest.

I found this graphic novel at walmart and brought it for storie time with my son. My son loves the whole book. The pictures were well done, and we loved the characters. In just found out this is book 8 in a series im definitely going to find all the other books..