One Dog and His Boy

Eva Ibbotson

Scholastic, Incorporated, Mar 1, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 282 pages

Eva Ibbotson's final masterpiece, a tale of a boy and dog who were meant to be together.

All Hal had ever wanted was a dog. "Never!" cries his mother. "Think of the mess, the scratch-marks, the puddles on the floor." But on the morning of Hal's 10th birthday, the unbelievable happens. He's allowed to choose a dog at Easy Pets, a rent-a-pet agency (a fact his parents keep from him). The moment he sees the odd-looking terrier, he knows he's found a friend for life. But no one tells Hal that Fleck must be returned. When Hal wakes up on Monday morning, Fleck is gone. If dog and boy are to stay together they'll have to run away. . . . From the renowned Eva Ibbotson comes a tale laced with humor and brimming over with heart, stunning in its beauty of the love of all things dog.

What people are saying

Review: One Dog and His Boy

User Review  - Cathy - Goodreads

I don't have much luck with dog books as usually, they end with me in tears. This one, with a few poignant pauses from Ibbotson's writing, ends happily so my luck may be changing. Coming from an ...

Review: One Dog and His Boy

User Review  - Laura - Goodreads

This books was so well written and I loved how the author had everything come full circle for the characters.

About the author

Eva was the author of twenty novels for children and adults. Her first was published in 1975, and her last is the joyous ONE DOG AND HIS BOY. Eva's books have been shortlisted for every major children's literary prize in the UK, and JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA won the Gold Smarties Award in 2001.

Bibliographic information

• Title: One Dog and His Boy
• Author: Eva Ibbotson
• Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated, 2012
• ISBN: 0545351960, 9780545351966
• Length: 282 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General; Juvenile Fiction / Family / General; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Europe; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Runaways