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Tag: novel

  • Flawed Dogs: The Novel

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    Artwork from Flawed Dogs: The Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster
    by Berkeley Breathed

    I am not crazy about comics, but I adore Berkeley Breathed's Flawed Dogs: The Year End Leftovers at the Piddleton.   Now, inspired by one of Michael Vick's former dogs who became a lover not a fighter after being given a second chance, Breathed has turned his picture book into novel for young adults called Flawed Dogs: The Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster.   I haven't actually read it yet, but knowing his wide appeal (my 4-year-old niece Layla is as big a fan as I am), I feel confident recommending it for all ages.  Read more at OhMyDog.com.

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    P.S. Yes, the main character is a Dachshund with a soup ladle for a hind leg.

    Order your copy here.

  • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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    Ideally, I like to read the dog books before I recommend them here.  But when Janet Maslin of the New York Times calls The Story of Edgar Sawtelle “the most enchanting debut novel of the summer,” well, there’s no time to waste.

    David Wroblewski’s 15-years-in-the-making novel is described as “an epic novel about a mute boy’s extraordinary communion with his dogs…The tale is structured along the lines of ‘Hamlet,’ with elements of Rudyard Kipling and Stephen King mixed in with the Shakespeare.”

    Uh, that sounds just right for the perfect summer read.  So get going, I just saw a back to school ad for Target and wanted to cry. 

    Click here buy the book and let me know what you think. 

    Read NYT’s Patricia Cohen’s interview with the author here.

    Read Janet Maslin’s review  here.