The Drover's Dogs by Susan Price (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Drover's Dogs by Susan Price Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Ten-year-old Sandys childhood ends when his mother sells him to a farmer who half-starves and beats him. Sandys life as a bonder is unbearable. He runs away home but his mother makes him return- to another beating.So he runs away for good, away from the farm and from home.Alone on the road, penniless, Sandy is lucky to find friends: Spot and Patch, two drovers dogs, who are making their way home all by themselves.With no idea where they are going, Sandy joins them, following them across Scotland, through a wild landscape of loch and mountain, to the Hebridean island of Mull in the West.When the dogs lead him to their croft, Sandys deepest wish seems to have come true: he, too, has found a loving home.He is happier at Lachlans croft than he thought he could be, until someone spitefully tells him that he is not liked or wanted there at all. Unwelcome, he takes to the road again. But without his four-legged friends. Will he go through his whole life friendless and lonely? Susan Price is an acclaimed writer of books for the young. She has won the Carnegie medal and the Guardian Fiction prize and her books have been translated into many languages. Author Biography About ten years before she started writing this book, Susan Price came across a quote, in Haldanes Drove Roads of Scotland, about drove dogs walking home by themselves at the end of a drove. Only much later did she learn about bondagers or bonded labourers, from her Scottish partner. The two bits of information came together and inspired this book, the first book by this award-winning author to be self-published without having been previously published elsewhere. In researching the book, Price and her partner followed the drove road to Mull. Thankfully, their transport and accommodation was rather better than they would have had as early 19th Century drovers. Susan Price won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for The Ghost Drum, the first in her Ghost World Sequence. She won The Guardian Fiction prize for The Sterkarm Handshake. Details ISBN 1523900644 ISBN-13 9781523900640 Title The Drover's Dogs Author Susan Price Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 162 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:97504733; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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