The child narrator of A Different Dog can't speak - we assume it is from a disability or a reaction to a trauma in his past. He is teased by the other kids and is a loner. On a cold winter's day, when everyone is participating in a fun run on the mountain, our narrator finds himself alone at the scene of a car accident where the driver has died. But there is a little dog in the car... What follows is a moving story of survival and redemption (and somehow humour in the midst of all that), all told in a 96-page novella.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Old Barn Books .

Paul Jennings was the first author to sell a million books in Australia. Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia's and now the world's best-known and loved children's authors who tackles tough subjects in a funny and offbeat way. Geoff Kelly is the illustrator of Power + Glory, and the author/illustrator of Stuck With Baby.