
A Dog on the Run
Robert Kingsley Hawes(Author)
Smile Time (Publisher)
Published on 21. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-0-6452189-0-9 (ISBN)
Description
¿¿Kuma is a juvenile bullmastiff, born to be a show dog, but a deformed ear sees him dumped in the street. He becomes homeless, a scavenger in an unfriendly world, where loyalty to a friend is the key to survival.
Kuma is kind hearted and wants people to like him, but his size and strength has him treated as dangerous. He wanders into a country town where a price is put on his head. People think he is the leader of a pack of dogs that are attacking the sheep. Kuma hides in the town's rubbish dump and meets a stray cat called Kitty.
Kuma and Kitty form an unbreakable friendship, and the story tells how they save the sheep despite being the ones who are being hunted.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
187 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-6452189-0-9 (9780645218909)
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Person
Robert Kingsley Hawes is a retired management accountant and former professional fisherman who now spends most of his time in a small coastal town on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. He had always wanted to write feel-good stories, and when his wife passed away in 2013, it was still on is bucket list. His first book, "When Pop Took Us Fishing", was published in 2016. This was a family memoir, but since then, he has been writing feel-good books for young adult/adult readers.