A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life Series

This series delves into the challenging and often heartwarming realities of a dog's life, told from their unique perspective. It chronicles the journey from vulnerable puppyhood, learning essential survival skills, to navigating the harshness of the world alone. Readers will experience the profound bonds of companionship, the courage required to face adversity, and the enduring hope found in unexpected friendships. These stories offer a moving exploration of resilience, loyalty, and the deep emotional lives of animals.

A Dog's Life

Ann M. Martin

208 pages
8 hours of reading

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Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming" (Kirkus) dog story, now in paperback, with After Words bonus material. Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed behind someone's summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when their mother is taken from them suddenly and too soon, the puppies are forced to make their own way in the world, facing humans both gentle and brutal, busy highways, other animals, and the changing seasons. When Bone and Squirrel become separated, Squirrel must fend for herself, and in the process makes two friends who in very different ways define her fate.

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