Welcome to the book blast for Dog Town by Debbie L. Richardson! I have an excerpt and my thoughts for you today on this middle grade adventure. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for even more and then enter the great giveaway!
Harry loves to race around the streets of Dog Town. When he stumbles upon the lost city of cats, he finds himself in a race against Dog Town’s fastest canine, Grizzly.
The winner of this race will have the power to save Cat World, or destroy it.
Harry wants to win, but there is one small problem. The race is in the ocean, and Harry is terribly afraid of water.
Can Harry overcome his fear of the water and save Cat Town?
Read an excerpt:
HARRY was dreaming that a cat fell out of the sky and landed on his head.
He woke at once. It was dark inside his kennel. He was uncertain if it was very late or very early, but he was wide awake and puzzled about the cat in his dream.
Cats were unheard of in Dog Town. The way summers without mosquitoes were unheard of. Or non-fattening chocolate bars were unheard of.
Baffled, Harry tried thinking about something else. Instead, he became consumed by visions of cats. As he struggled to find meaning behind his odd dream, he became convinced it meant something horrible for dog-kind.
The blanket at his feet offered a good place to avoid thinking on his dream any further. He hid under the blanket, until the heat of the summer’s night made it hot enough to cook a roast.
Harry pushed his nose outside his kennel. It was hot and humid tonight, and there wasn’t a breath of wind. Vastly different to that afternoon when the wind’s temper had set every door in the house banging.
Even though it was too hot inside his kennel, he didn’t want to leave it. Outside in his backyard, shadows skipped across the treetops. Shadows that didn’t belong to the moon or to the wind.
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**My thoughts**
This middle grade story is for those who love to read adventures, especially involving animals. I felt like there were elements of Secret Life of Pets as the adventures of the animals happen unbeknownst to the "Furless Ones" or humans in their lives.
You have three worlds: Little Rover for the small dogs, Big Rover for the big dogs, and Cat Town for the cats. All of these animals used to coexist in the same world until something happened that determined they needed to be separated with lots of extreme rules and laws. And they do not mix. In fact, dogs have been taught for years that cats are extinct. So imagine Harry's surprise when he ventures off into forbidden territory and comes across Cat Town!
He also finds a rather sinister statue there, the description of which actually kind of grossed me out, personally, but a lot of kids will get a kick out of. I don't really understand the meaning of it, though they do explain its importance later on in the story.
Overall, it is a story about the importance of friendship and not letting fights get overly blown out of proportion. I could actually see this one getting turned into a movie or something that kids would enjoy.
Thank you to the author and Goddess Fish for fulfilling my review request. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About Debbie L. Richardson
Debbie Richardson has published fiction novels as D L Richardson. She has published three young adults supernatural fiction novels, and science fiction and supernatural thrillers for adults. This is her first children’s book.
She was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Australia. It was always crowded and noisy in the family home. At one stage there were also three dogs, a cat, a budgie, and three mice living with seven people the same house.
Debbie learned to find a quiet space within books.
She now lives in the south coast of New South Wales with her husband and a small dog named Teeka.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this lovely review. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see this as a film.
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Thank you very much for hosting.
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