A01=Melvin Burgess
Author_Melvin Burgess
Carnegie
Category=YXHL
Doing It
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Hay Festival
special achievement award
The Cry of the Wolf
YA Book Prize
Product details
- ISBN 9780862647704
- Weight: 275g
- Dimensions: 134 x 192mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2001
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A flirtatious, confident and rebellious teenager is transformed into an understandably confused and frightened dog by a tramp with magical powers. Sandra has a lot of growing up to do, quickly, to survive as a scrounging stray in a competitive and rough dog's world. She must do the clearest thinking of her life to work out whether she wants to recover her humanity, and if so, how to do it. This is doubly difficult as the brain she must think with is reduced to the scattered consciousness of a dog and the reality of the situation poses enormous problems as she finds herself experiencing all the physical aspects of being a dog, including running with a pack and going on heat.
Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. Three of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
