The Way of Dog
by FRAILLON, Zana & BUCKINGHAM, Sean
ISBN: 9780702265563
Australian: Yes
Published: 2022 by University of Queensland Press
Level: Primary Years (3-5)
CBCA Notables 2023. 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?