The Bone Dog by Susan Price
Sarah doesn't believe Bryan when he says he can make her the perfect pet. She knows he has special powers, but how can anyone create a living animal out of dead things? Then one night he puts an old bone inside a fox-fur, adds some drops of blood, and, little by little, brings them to life... Now Sarah has her treasured pet, and it does everything she asks - even the bad things - but even she is getting scared...
Hauntings: "Susan Price's new collection shows her again as one of the best contemporary writers for children of nine and overShe is especially good at presenting a recognisable modern world, often through the eyes of an older person, looking back to their youthful past. She understands well that the ghost story form may be used to move readers and question their prejudices about the nature of appearance, as well as to frighten delightfully. She never settles for cheap effects and writes beautifully of relationships between young and old." Susan Hill, The Daily Telegraph
Susan Price has an exceptional gift for bringing other worlds to life. * Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian *
Susan Price is one of the best contemporary writers for children of nine and over. She is especially good at presenting a recognisable modern world, often through the eyes of an older person, looking back to their youthful past. She understands well that the ghost story form may be used to move readers and question their prejudices about the nature of appearance, as well as to frighten delightfully. She never settles for cheap effects and writes beautifully of relationships between young and old. * Susan Hill, The Daily Telegraph *
Nightcomers: "Nine beautifully written stories to chill your soul and haunt your mind. A diverse collection with a story for all." The Guardian
"What counts here in every tale is the quality of the imagination and the accuracy of the telling... What most impresses is the authority of Susan Price's voice; exact, rich or spare when necessary; able to invoke the past without falsity and the present without effort." Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"A finely tuned and excellently written collection." Julia Eccleshare, Highbury & Islington Express
The Story Collector: "an exceptionally fine book... Here are stories impressive enough to bear comparison with the shorter fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer". Literary Review
"Enthralling" The Independent on Sunday
Susan Price has an exceptional gift for bringing other worlds to life. * Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian *
Susan Price is one of the best contemporary writers for children of nine and over. She is especially good at presenting a recognisable modern world, often through the eyes of an older person, looking back to their youthful past. She understands well that the ghost story form may be used to move readers and question their prejudices about the nature of appearance, as well as to frighten delightfully. She never settles for cheap effects and writes beautifully of relationships between young and old. * Susan Hill, The Daily Telegraph *
Nightcomers: "Nine beautifully written stories to chill your soul and haunt your mind. A diverse collection with a story for all." The Guardian
"What counts here in every tale is the quality of the imagination and the accuracy of the telling... What most impresses is the authority of Susan Price's voice; exact, rich or spare when necessary; able to invoke the past without falsity and the present without effort." Philip Pullman, The Guardian
"A finely tuned and excellently written collection." Julia Eccleshare, Highbury & Islington Express
The Story Collector: "an exceptionally fine book... Here are stories impressive enough to bear comparison with the shorter fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer". Literary Review
"Enthralling" The Independent on Sunday
Susan Price is an acclaimed, prize-winning author who won the Carnegie Medal in 1987 with Ghost Drum and the 1998 Guardian Children's Fiction Award for The Sterkarm Handshake. She wrote her first book aged 16 and became a full time writer aged 22. She now has over twenty children's novels to her name and has been described as 'one of the best contemporary writers for children' by Susan Hill in the Daily Telegraph. She likes archery and lives with her husband in the West Midlands.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340778517 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340778512 |
| Title | The Bone Dog |
| Author | Susan Price |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Children's Group |
| Year published | 2000-06-15 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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