The Dogs - Softcover

Stratton, Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1443148296 ISBN 13: 9781443148290

Publisher: Scholastic Canada, 2016

Synopsis

Now in paperback―the internationally acclaimed psychological thriller from Governor General’s Award nominee Allan Stratton.

Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years. His father is hunting them―or at least that’s what Cameron’s been told.

When they settle into an isolated farmhouse, Cameron soon finds himself embroiled in the unsolved mystery of a woman and child who disappeared decades ago, and he starts to hear and see things that just aren’t possible. What’s hiding in the night? What’s buried in the past? Are there dark secrets to uncover, or is Cameron’s own mind playing tricks on him?

In The Dogs, acclaimed author Allan Stratton manages to deliver at once a page-turning thriller and a powerful exploration of the realities of domestic violence and its after-effects.

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About the Author

ALLAN STRATTON is an acclaimed playwright and author, who began his career acting at the Stratford Festival and regional theaters across Canada. His plays include "Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii" and "Rexy!," winner of a Chalmers Award, the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award. Leslie's Journal is Allan's first novel for teens. Allan now lives in Toronto with his partner, a dog, three cats and any number of fish.

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Excerpt from The Dogs:

‘Cameron, honey. We have to go. Get your things.’

‘Go? What? Now?’

‘I don’t know how long we’ve got.’ She gets up and heads to her room. ‘He could be anywhere, around the block, who knows. But he’ll be back, you can count on it. And the police will be too late.’

‘Mom―’

‘There’s things you don’t understand, Cameron.’

Oh yeah? I understand lots, Mom. I understand I’m scared, for a start. But why? Because he’s tracked us down? Or because you’re crazy?

My clothes are already in a suitcase under my bedMom made me pack two days ago, just in case. There’s room in the car for our bags, some coats, a box of dishes, some sheets and towels and the little TV. My grandparents will store the rest of our stuff in their basementthere isn’t muchthe places we rent come furnished. I wish we could go to Grandma and Grandpa’s. Mom says we can’t. She says that’s the first place he’d look.

He – him – the guy in the car: Dad.

Mom backs the car onto the street. I look at the house. After a year, I was getting used to the place. This city too. I’d actually started making friends at school. So much for that.

We drive away slowly with the headlights off.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1443148296
• ISBN 13: 9781443148290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288