Flash the Sheep Dog

By Kathleen Fidler

Book Overview

Tom Stokes is an orphan. His sister is going to America to get married--but where can he go? They remember an uncle and aunt they scarcely know living in the borders of Scotland. After the city bustle of London, Tom finds his uncle's farm barren and lonely. How can he adjust to such a life? Help comes in the form of a sheepdog puppy, and his loneliness is quickly forgotten as Tom realizes the dog is his to love and train--maybe to be a champion And so begins his adventurous and challenging life on the hill farm with his new friend Elspeth and sheepdog Flash. Then his sister writes that Tom can come and live with her in America, and he is faced with the most difficult decision of his life... (Ages 6-9)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863155812
• ISBN13: 9780863155819
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

great read for kids and adults

I ordered this book for my son, who is 8 and a good reader, because he loves collies and stories about collies. We also have a collie he wants to teach to herd. He devoured this book--couldn't put it down, and then he wanted to read it to me, which he did. It is a great story of a lonely orphan boy who finds his place in a new home (and country) as he raises and trains a sheepdog. It has suspense and is very heart-warming. My son loves it so much, he has begun reading it a third time, second time aloud, so the whole family can enjoy it (daddy was out of town the first 2 readings). Dog lovers will enjoy it. More than a simple chapter book.