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Class Sets: The Way of Dog

The Raven's Song

Title: The Way of Dog

Author: Zana Fraillon

Published: 03/05/22

ISBN: 9780702265563

About the text

Scruffity is born into the harsh, grey world of a puppy farm. Taken from his mamma and locked in a concrete cage, what he yearns for most is Family.

To belong is The Way of Dog. But no one wants him.

Just as his chances of adoption grow dangerously thin, Scruffity is set free by a boy as unwanted and lonely as
he is.

Outside, Scruffity learns all about The Way of Dog – it is to run, to dig, to howl and, biggest of all, to love. But when tragedy strikes, Scruffity is suddenly all alone.

How does a dog find his way home when he never had one to begin with?

Sourced from Goodreads.

The Way of Dog is a middle grade novel told in freeform verse.

Themes

  • Love
  • Loneliness
  • Family
  • Belonging

About the author

Zana Frillon is an Australia children's and young adult fiction writer. She has published eleven books and is known for writing about human rights abuses. Her work The Bone Sparrow won an Amnesty CLIP Honour.

Number of Copies Available

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