How to Look for a Lost Dog
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4749-0647-0 (ISBN)
Description
Selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club
Eleven-year-old Rose is autistic and struggles to understand her classmates. But when her father gives her a stray dog, which she names Rain, the dog becomes her best friend, her anchor in a confusing world.
So when Rain goes missing during a storm, Rose refuses to stop looking for him...
A touching story from the beloved author of The Babysitters Club.
Eleven-year-old Rose is autistic and struggles to understand her classmates. But when her father gives her a stray dog, which she names Rain, the dog becomes her best friend, her anchor in a confusing world.
So when Rain goes missing during a storm, Rose refuses to stop looking for him...
A touching story from the beloved author of The Babysitters Club.
Reviews / Votes
A bittersweet tale of an autistic girl and her dog from the author of The Baby-Sitters Club series. It may not be familiar to today's young readers but it's certainly worth discovering. * The Sunday Express * [A] moving, thought-provoking and beautifully crafted novel. * Lancashire Evening Post * A delight to read, this is a sophisticated and very moving piece of storytelling. * LoveReading4Kids * A riveting, seamless narrative in which each word sings & each scene counts. * Kirkus Reviews * A sensitive look at what it means to see the world differently. * The Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4749-0647-0 (9781474906470)
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Additional editions
Ann M. Martin
How to Look for a Lost Dog
E-Book
01/2016
Usborne Publishing Ltd
€4.99
Available for download
Person
Ann M. Martin is the author of the bestselling Baby-Sitters Club series, which sold 176 million copies worldwide. In addition, she is the author of over thirty critically-acclaimed novels, including A Corner of the Universe which won a Newbery Honor in 2003, and How to Look For a Lost Dog, selected for the Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club.