The Boy Who Spoke Dog

By Clay Morgan

Book Overview

When Jack washes up on a mysterious island after a deadlystorm, there's no one to help him, except for the dogs. The sheepdogs on the island have eyes that speak right to Jack's heart, especially one dog Moxie. But when angry beasts called fangos threaten to destroy the island, Jack and his companions must fight to save it. Once the battle ends, Jack is changed. Will he ever be the same again? Told from Jack's and Moxie's points of view, this adventure reveals how loyalty between boy and dog becomes a means for survival and hope."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142403431
• ISBN13: 9780142403433
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

My 9 year old son loved this book.

I am a mother of two sons, ages 9 and 3. We read this book for eldest son's book club. He enjoyed it and asked to read "just one more chapter" constantly. I personally thought it was drawn out too long. The story of a boy who learns to love and give love through the setting of being abandoned to an island habitated by wild dogs, sheep dogs (and sheep). There aren't any fowl words, suggestive scenes or common crud that too often shows up in children's literature so I am thankful for this book. Over all I give it a 5 stars because it's clean fun, suspenceful reading that grabbed my childrens interest.

a very thrilling book

the boy who spoke dog was a very adventurist book. and it is a story of partnership and friend ship i could not stop reading it!!!! i highly recomend that you read this book.

Fantastic Children's Book

This book is a lovely story about a boy who is shipwrecked becoming part of a dog society. It's an enchanting book full of adventure, personal growth, discovery, and facing one's fears. Sad ending but aimed toward a sequel. Highly recommended.

Dog may be within.

I just finished reading this book and it is the best book in the world.It shows how we all have a dog within us.When we really believe, you may find something unbelievable.It may have to do with your best friend being a dog.The end is the most saddest ending i've ever read.I even cried.You will love this book and I garentee you'll find your dog within you.I'll bet you'll even cry at the end.I'm hoping there will be a second book to this one.Read this book.If you hate dogs i just know that after you read this book you will love them with all your heart.I loved dogs before I read this book and now I can't love them any more than I do now.READ THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD!!!THIS ONE!!!

A world Full of Dog wisdom

For kids whose fondest daydream is a world where there are no bossy adults to tell them what to do, this book will delight, enchant, and lure them into a world where the dogs take care of things--sheep, each other, and Jack (the boy)--using "dog language". The boy, definitely a "lesser species" learns to trust and obey the wisdom of the dog pack, and is spared a horrible death at the slavering jaws of the "fangos", wild cousins of the civilized herding dogs. Kind of like "Lassie" meets "Castaway".