One Dog and his Boy

Hal is denied the one thing he wants by his upwardly mobile parents – his own dog. A gift given with one hand and taken away with the other plays havoc with his feelings and makes him decide ‘to make his own world where things were right and fair and as they ought to be.’ Alongside the determined Pippa, he makes a journey which ends with all characters, human and canine, getting their just deserts in this emotionally satisfying novel.

See also: Philippa Pearce: A Dog So Small (9780141355191), Puffin £7.99

Dodie Smith: The Hundred and One Dalmatians, illustrated by Alex T. Smith (9781405288750), Egmont £8.99

Alexander McCall Smith: Good Dog Lion, illustrated by David Dean (9781781123720), Barrington Stoke £6.99

Also by Eva Ibbotson: The Abominables (9781407133027), Marion Lloyd Books £6.99