Sheep / Valerie Hobbs.
Material type:
TextPublication details: New York : Square Fish, 2009.Edition: First Square Fish editionDescription: 115 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780312561161
- 0312561164
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | HOBBS VALERIE | Available | 33111011212400 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The sheep closed in around him like a big, woolly blanket. The puppy had never been so scared or so excited in his life. Soon he was racing, feinting, dodging--learning what it means to be one of the proud breed of Border collies, the finest sheepherders in the world. Then, almost overnight, his life is turned upside down. He finds himself in a series of strange places, with no sheep, his family gone. With nothing but the courage he was born with and a dream, he searches for the life he once knew, gathering names and adventures as he goes. For a short time, he's called Blackie. To the Goat Man, he's Shep. To Hollerin, he's Spot. There's one name that threatens to haunt him forever--Sparky, the name Billy the circus man calls him. But there's another name that he is given, one that finally makes him feel at home. . . .
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Includes "Go fish" section with an author interview and excerpt from the author's Defiance.
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.
Ages 8-12.