One Dog and His Boy

★ Nominated for the Children's Book of the Year at the Galaxy National Book Awards
by Eva Ibbotson Fiction

UK Marion Lloyd Books (May 2011, 288 pages)
US Scholastic Inc

Eva Ibbotson's final book, One Dog and His Boy, is a true canine classic.

All Hal has ever wanted is a dog. His wealthy parents refuse to consider one until they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when Hal discovers that his dog must be returned, he runs away.

Joined by a group of pedigree breeds joyfully escaping from Easy Pets, Hal and Fleck set forth on a quest to find their own perfect place - somewhere they can be together for always.

"One Dog and his Boy is as good as Journey to the River Sea, and is right up there with 101 Dalmations as the kind of book about the love and courage of dogs that every child longs for and hardly ever gets. It made me laugh uproariously one moment, and cry my eyes out the next - I haven't enjoyed a book for this age-group so much for years."

Amanda Craig The Times

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"The prose bounds along with humour and joie de vivre and, by the end, everyone - human and canine - discovers their true home."

Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times

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"Every obstacle – and there are many – that Hal’s runaway adventure throws up is successfully – and happily – resolved so that the story is suspenseful yet gently reassuring. Acutely observant, the book is brimming with humour – affectionate towards the children and dogs, and biting towards the adults who treat them as possessions and accessories."

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"A journey that leaves the reader both breathless and elated, both smiling and tear stained at the same time."

Chris Middleton The Telegraph Weekend

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"Eva Ibbotson is a writer who understands a child's heart...One Dog and His Boy is an adventure to rival that other canine odyssey, The One Hundred and One Dalmatians."

Amanda Craig The Times

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