Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming"
(Kirkus) dog story with After Words bonus material.
A Dog's Life joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features
award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus
content!Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed
behind someone's summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches
them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when
their mother is taken from them suddenly and too soon, the puppies are
forced to make their own way in the world, facing humans both gentle and
brutal, busy highways, other animals, and the changing seasons. When
Bone and Squirrel become separated, Squirrel must fend for herself, and
in the process makes two friends who in very different ways define her
fate.