A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray
by Ann M. Martin
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Author: Ann M. MartinBrand: Books
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN: 0439717000
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Book Review: READ THIS The best book ever!!!! if you like dogs!!!!!Beautiful 5 Stars
"I've known of dogs who were treated cruelly by human hands and dogs who were treated with the gentlest touch, dogs who starved and dogs who grew fat from too many treats. I've known all of these dogs and I've been all of these dogs."This is a quote from Squirrel, the main character of the book A Dog's Life-An
Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin. Squirrel is a female dog who has lost all of her family, thanks to humans. She lost her mom, her brother, and others who were really important to her, but Squirrel is a smart dog. She doesn't judge all humans as being cruel to dogs.
When Squirrel was a puppy she lived with her mom, Mother, and her brother, Bone. Squirrel originally had four siblings, but only her brother and she survived. Mother called her puppies Bone and Squirrel because for mother dogs it's a tradition to name their dogs after what they enjoy. One day Mother left to hunt for food. Bone and Squirrel waited calmly for her, but soon became anxious. Mother never came back. She had been shot by a hunter. Bone realized that their mom wasn't going to come back so one day he just decided to leave. He just trotted off toward the woods. Squirrel wasn't going to let her brother leave too. She ran after him. While traveling they came upon a bag. Their noses didn't lie to them; there was chicken in the bag. The bag was across the street, but Bone didn't care. He ran across the streets not caring about the big, speeding cars. Squirrel followed him and just when Bone was about to stick his head into the bag, two big, rough hands grabbed them. The hands belonged to a woman and a man. Bone and Squirrel were taken against their will by the couple, but after one night they found themselves being thrown out of a car window and smashing hardly on a cement parking lot. Squirrel and Bone had been too much nuisance to the man, so he had gotten rid if them while his wife was sleeping. Bone and Squirrel yelped with pain and licked at their injuries. Two women came by and scooped up Bone wiping his bleeding nose with a tissue, leaving poor Squirrel where she was. Squirrel didn't know what to do. Her mom was gone and her brother was leaving right now. She ran after Bone as fast as she could (not very fast because of her injured shoulder), but the women, with Bone, got into a car and drove away. Squirrel was alone in the world, but then Squirrel met another dog, Moon, and her adventures of looking for Bone and for the right home continued.
This book touches my heart, like no other book has. It's sad, adventurous, happy, and every other emotion you can think of. I would recommend this book to all the dog lovers and to people who like adventurous and heart touching books. This book is cool because the story is told by the point of view of Squirrel. I really like that about this book. It shows you that life is tough for every living thing, especially for homeless. This book also shows you how to be independent.
What will happen to Squirrel and Moon? Will they survive or will they die? If they survive, will they ever find the right home? What about her brother? Is he alive? Will they ever find the right human to live with? Read the book A Dog's Life-An Autobiography of a Stray to find out.
Summary of A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray
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.
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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