Dog

by Daniel Pennac

Book Overview

Originally published in 1982, Dog is a funny, touching, sometimes hairy dog's-eye-view tale of adventure, survival, and friendship, written by one of France's most beloved authors. Illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763628816
• ISBN13: 9780763628819
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good Book

I won this book at my school's book fair. I read it and I loved it! I can't seem to believe why Plum (Dog's new owner) just call him "Dog". Sure, she says it's "simple and original" but no one calls their dog Dog. Shouldn't she think of something else besides that? Meghan :)

Dog

Dog is a great book. It starts of weird, but it ends up very good. When you look at it the book or read the back of the book, it looks easy, and not great, but never judge a book by its cover or the size. It's about a dog that drowned when it was young because it was ugly, but was revived when it was left at a trash dump. It grew up in a trash dump with a bunch of other dogs. A female dog that died because of an accident with a refrigerator taught it. When she died the dog went on a journey to the city to find a mistress. He found a mistress when a little girl bought him from a dog pound. After the little girl bought the dog she lost interest in the dog because of her schoolwork. When it was the little girls birthday she named the dog Dog which is the name of the book. She named it Dog because it's simple and unique. She lost interest in Dog again after a couple of days. Dog decided to run away. Dog ran in to a dog that looked like a hyena, and which is named Hyena. Hyena introduced Dog to a man who looked like a wild boar, and which is named Wild Boar. Both of them took care of Dog until he decided to go back with the mistress and the little girl. Dog and the little girl and her parents went on a vacation to the west, and the parents planned to have the Dog kidnapped by some truckers. When Dog was kidnapped he was thrown into the countryside by the trucker that kidnapped him because Dog peed on the truckers shirt. Dog found his way back into the city after eleven days of straight walking. After Dog was rested up he made up in his mind that he was going to get revenge with the family, so Dog met with his old friends Hyena and Wild Boar and all the cats and dogs in the city. Dog told his plan to all the dogs and cats in the city, and all the cats and all the dogs thought it was a good idea to break into the parents and little girls house and................. I enjoyed this book and loved reading the book Dog because it was filled with a lot of excitment. I would recommend this book to anyone who can understand and read.