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Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Description
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
User reviews
LibraryThing member SunnySD
A young Border Collie is displaced due to farm failure and sets out to locate a home with sheep having many misadventures along the way. The cover is cute - but otherwise this was fairly standard fare.
LibraryThing member jasmine.gomez
This book was about a dog who got taken a way from his family. He got treated very badly and like if he was bad. He found this guy who had goats and a trailor. This man took sheep and treated him with respect. they traveled the united states and bonded. One day the man got very sick and went to
I gave this book a four star rating because it had a lot of details. She used very descriptive words. She had a very high vocabulary. She did not make it a bad book but a book that you would want to keep reading.
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bed. Sheep waited for him to wake up but he did not. The old man had died. Sheep went on and lived his life leaving the goats and the old man.I gave this book a four star rating because it had a lot of details. She used very descriptive words. She had a very high vocabulary. She did not make it a bad book but a book that you would want to keep reading.
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LibraryThing member keith7
This would be a great read aloud for third grade and an excellent addition to a fourth grade library. There is also a sequel: Wolf.
LibraryThing member ParadisePorch
(Fiction, Children's Chapter)
This chapter book for older children and adults, that tells the tale of a homeless border collie (his sheep farm burned) looking for a home, and an orphan, will pull your heart-strings.
It’s told from the point of view (mostly, as I remember) of the dog.
A great story
There is a sequel called Wolf, which I’ve added to my reading list.
4 stars
This chapter book for older children and adults, that tells the tale of a homeless border collie (his sheep farm burned) looking for a home, and an orphan, will pull your heart-strings.
It’s told from the point of view (mostly, as I remember) of the dog.
A great story
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that I’d like to read to my grandchildren.There is a sequel called Wolf, which I’ve added to my reading list.
4 stars
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LibraryThing member fuzzi
Oh, I like this book. A lot.
And it's not just the story of a young Border collie separated from his first home, that endears this tale to me, and it's not just the characters, either. There's something sweet, yet wise, that pulled me in...and didn't let me go until the last page was turned.
And it's not just the story of a young Border collie separated from his first home, that endears this tale to me, and it's not just the characters, either. There's something sweet, yet wise, that pulled me in...and didn't let me go until the last page was turned.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2010)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2009)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2008)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2008)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2008)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2009)
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Physical description
115 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
0374367779 / 9780374367770
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