![]() Books > Kids & Children's Books > Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction > Nature & Animal Stories for Children & Teenagers. When the case crumbles, leaving nothing but a small seed, the child decides to find a place to bring the gargoyle, and the soul of the city, back.Ī unforgettable story about conservation, ageing and legacies which will leave a forever imprint on your heart. The Way of Dog, Shortlisted for the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers by Zana Fraillon 9780702265563 Booktopia. ![]() The child opens the case and unleashes the gargoyle's many memories of the city and its inhabitants. ![]() When the gargoyle is ordered off the train, he leaves his suitcase behind. This is the moving story of an old gargoyle, forced off his rooftop to make way for a new development in a barren cityscape, and the child who encounters him on an overcrowded train. An echoey, achy, hollow sort of sigh, like the wind when it gusts down lanes and through tunnels and in and out of the big drains that stretch under the city. He shuffles past me and stands near the door and watches the city smushing past. With the help of a lonely boy, Scruffity is set free and finally gets to experience the wider world with his new friend. In this book, Scruffity begins his life in a puppy farm, a world of cages and concrete. The poignant story of an old gargoyle, forced off his rooftop to make way for a new urban development in a barren cityscape, and the child who encounters him on an overcrowded train, from one of Australia's most critically acclaimed writers for children. The Way of Dog is a verse novel written by Zana Fraillon, who is the award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. ![]()
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