Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
Time Cat is a great fictional book for the whole family. It is funny, scary, and has cool and funny characters like pharoah Neter-Khet. It all started when a young boy named Jason hears his cat named Gareth speak to him, he isn't the least surprised about that. What does surprise him is Gareth's amazing secret: he doesn't really have nine lives, but he can visit nine different lives anywhere and anytime.