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Polestar
Available: 09/07/05
5 x 7 3/4 · 288 pages
978-1-55192-709-1
CDN $12.95 ·
pb
Ages 9 and up
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print
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Jack’s Knife
Beverley Wood and Chris Wood
The second spectacularly readable novel in the series that began with bestseller Dogstar has all the appeal that made the first book a hit: a decent but troubled boy; Patsy Ann, the mysterious dog he befriends; and a rip-roaring time-travel adventure.
Big and strong for his age, 15-year-old Jack is a good baseball player, but he also puts a lot of anger into his swing. When a stray dog turns up, he and his mother have a blow-up over whether to adopt it or call animal-control. She wins, and Jack finds himself dodging the dog-catcher. Ducking through a fence, he discovers he has somehow slipped back in time to Juneau, Alaska, in the mid-thirties ... An irresistible book for boys, girls and dog-lovers of any age.
Praise for Dogstar: “A time travel adventure story with emotional appeal for dog lovers.” —Booklist
“I was thoroughly entertained by this captivating novel. It is a boy-and-his-dog story, a time-travel tale and a grand adventure all rolled into one book.” —VOYA
Beverley and Chris Wood live in Ladysmith, B.C., with their bull terrier, Cato. Beverley has published numerous articles with Maclean’s, Destinations and a variety of other magazines. Chris Wood has written for the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s and the Financial Post.
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