by Diana Wynne Jones
An early masterpiece from Diana Wynne Jones. 'Dogsbody' has an unusually straight-forward plot for Jones. Sirius is a celestial. A being who is the embodiment of a star with various rights and powers which are never clearly explained (don't worry, you don't need them to be). The opening of the book ...
Sirius, the Lord of the Dog Star, can't believe when he is falsely accused of murder. As his punishment, Sirius is sent to Earth. On Earth he is reborn as a puppy and has to find the Zoi that is there before it can fall into the wrong hands.I've heard many good things about this book and so I decide...
I first read this book when I was nine and I can't count how many times since that I've read it. Since acquiring an Amazon account though I've been able to buy more DWJ books and then managed to own my very own copy of Dogsbody. I wish I could have the version of book I read as a kid though.This is ...
The librarians of my childhood failed me. I'm sorry, there isn't a nice way to say it. They let me check out armloads of Goosebumps books week after week, when just a few shelves away, there were a dozen magical, wonderful books by Diana Wynne Jones just aching to be discovered and devoured by a dor...
I read somewhere that this was a must-read for dog lovers but I wasn't actually impressed with the dog character. An interesting premise; Sirius the dog star is sent to Earth as a dog to find something(a zoi, similar to a meteor) he was blamed for sending hurtling to Earth in a fit of rage. I think ...
How does one write sympathetically of animals without going all the way over the line and putting them in waistcoats? Or realistically, without killing them off right away? It's tricky, and a little trippy, but a very cool result.
Great book--but what does she have against potters??!!
I liked the last Diana Wynne Jones books I read so much that I was eager to pick this one up, especially since it had won some award or other (checking...) OK, it was an ALA Notable Book and "Commended" by the Carnegie Medal. Fine. However, unlike many of Wynne Jones' stories, I felt that this was d...
Just 60 pages in and I'm snagged - hook, leash and bone. This is a wonderful book!Update: I loved it! Anyone out there with a kid who reads should grab this book. My only (minor) complaint was that the celestial world was a little under-defined. But nevermind, most of the action happens on earth and...
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