Almost a Dog

Written by Elbaz Frédérique
Illustrated by Pratt Pierre

  • Novel with illustrations
  • Age group: 9 and up
  • Pages: 106
  • Format: 14,6 x 21 cm
  • Hardcover
  • RP: 20,95 CAN $

This is a story of friendship, recovery, and the encounter between a pack of stray dogs and a lonely old woman, as unlikely as it is moving.

Marthe, a far from fainthearted old lady, takes in a little dog she finds abandoned under a bench. Named Bernard by his former owner, the dog takes well to his cozy new life until he runs into a free-roaming pack of stray dogs. And in this unexpected encounter between domestic comfort and life in the street, the pasts of each of these characters—even Marthe, whose life has been afflicted by Nazism—returns to the surface. Finding strength in their new bond, the little group begins to rebuild their world together.

An absorbing and disturbing tale that shines a candid light on the suffering caused by abandonment and our boundless hope for a better world.

Themes: abandonment, racism, friendship, solidarity, strays, old age.

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