On Hal’s tenth birthday, he receives a dog that he calls Fleck from Easy Pets. He knows they will be friends for life. But no one tells him that Easy Pets is a rent-a-pet agency and that Fleck has to be returned. Hal and his friend Pippa run away to his grandparents with a pack of escapee dogs from Easy Pets. On their cross country adventures, they meet up with a circus, a detective, greedy adults, and wonderful friends. This light, fun story about Hal and his dog, loyalty, and determination has a happy ending. All of the dogs find the right owners to belong to. mjw |
Title: One Dog And His Boy
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Copyright: 2012
Original language: English
ISBN: 978-0-545-35196-6
Hardcover pages: 288
Age range: 8 up
Genre: Fiction
Author’s ethnicity: Austrian
Author’s residence: England
Subjects: Dogs, England, Europe, Family life, Human-animal relationships, London, Voyages and travels, Western Europe
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