Synopses & Reviews
If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch."My tail was going bananas as I rounded the corner and headed into Platt Fields park. The pavement was alive; my nose was an eye that sees into the past. I speeded up. Oh, I was in love with Terry, but to run and sniff and feel my ears catching sounds out of the air! But what do you know? Only a dog could understand what I mean."
Sandra Francy is seventeen and having way too much fun. Everyone wants to stop her but the problem is, she likes it. When she accidentally gets turned into a dog she's horrified at first, but soon she starts to wonder if being human is worth the effort. Her attempts to hang on to her humanity are bizarre and often hilarious-but her life as a dog leads her to pleasures she hardly knew existed.
Award-winning author Melvin Burgess brilliantly captures the realities of teenage life and hormone imbalance.
Review
"Melvin Burgess is about to trigger an earthquake in the publishing world."
--Guardian
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Sandra Francy is having way too much fun. Everyone wants to stop her, but the problem is she likes it too much. When she accidentally gets turned into a do, she's horrified at first, but soon she starts to wonder if being human is worth the effort.
About the Author
Melvin Burgess has written several highly acclaimed books for young adults, including
Smack, which won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Three of his other novels have been runners-up for the Carnegie Medal. Mr. Burgess lives in Manchester, England, with his wife and their children.