The Dog Who Saved the World

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Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing both recycles a villain (see Book 4) and offers trendy anti-bullying wish fulfillment. A heartfelt and super-readable story with a positive and encouraging message about staying true to your dreams even when life presents challenges.

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The Dog Who Saved the World is an epic, well-written, and adventurous novel. This book is set in a world where a virus, known as the CBE (Canine-Born Ebola) starts to affect dogs, humans' best friends. Around the corner, on the seafront, men in shorts push babies in strollers; cars with dark windows hum along the coast road; and people pedal FreeBikes in the bike lane. Ramzy nudges me to point out Saskia Hennessey’s older sister, in just a bikini, flip-flops, and goose bumps, shimmying toward the beach with some friends. I keep my head down: I don’t want to be recognized.I enjoyed this tale of courage, dogs, family, friends and time travel. Although, it's many years since I was the age this book is aimed at. I can remember the types of books I read then and this would have been one. In my opinion, Mr Mash should have been accorded a bigger role in the story and the author should also have explained in more detail the scientific terms used in the book to facilitate better comprehension by the readers. It is slow to get going, though. Even after Dr. Pretorius is introduced and Georgie starts helping with her ultimate virtual-reality machine, it still takes a long time for things to happen. This might put off less confident readers, but a bit of patience is rewarded. The descriptions were simple and the book ,in general, was easy to read .I borrowed this book from a friend and I'm glad that I did so.

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This middle grade book is about a girl who loves dogs but is unable to keep one because of her step-mother's allergies. So she volunteers at a local animal shelter.

Lewis loves football, but his mum won't let him play. So what will happen when an Ace Academy coach spots him practising and recognises his talent? This story was very cleverly worked out and as always, I loved the little details included by the author that later in the plot came to be very important. I enjoyed Georgie as a narrator and thought her friendship with Ramzy was very genuine and well-written. I asked Clem, but he’d already started his retreat to his bedroom, otherwise known as the Teen Cave (a retreat that is now more or less complete). He shrugged. To be fair, getting a dog was always my thing, not my brother’s. If it doesn’t have a smelly gas engine, Clem’s not all that interested. Anyway, eventually we got a dog. It was March last year, not long after Dad’s girlfriend, Jessica, moved in. (Coincidence? I don’t think so.) Overall, this was an interesting read. The author did a great job with character development. It was easy to relate to the characters. Weird fact, SO MANY parallels to the Covid pandemic even though the book was published just a few months before it began. Perhaps he really does have a time machine!

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Actually, it wasn’t the only good thing. The other good thing was that there were loads of dogs at St. Woof’s, and I liked them all. Dad got him from St. Woof’s, and we didn’t know his age. The vicar (who knows about this sort of thing) estimated him to be about five years old. Nor did he fit anywhere on my list of favorite dog breeds. Dr. Pretorius turns again and marches along the metal landing, her beach robe billowing behind her. “It’s CuCO3,” she calls over her shoulder. “What do they teach you at that school of yours, huh? Is it still self-esteem and climate change? Ha! Come on, keep up!”Update: The global pandemic that threatens dogs (and humans) in The Dog Who Saved The World has obvious, almost spooky, parallels with the worldwide outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. The fictional “Canine-borne Ebola” (CBE) originates in China and spreads rapidly, first through dogs and then “jumping” to humans. Governments worldwide struggle to respond adequately, and people are gripped by panic.