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    Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent

    By Jackie French

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    Jackie French's critically acclaimed and best-selling ANIMAL STARS series looks at history through the eyes of an animal.

    All of Australia's dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian 'rubbish dog' who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. This is a story about the first dingo.It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves marries another. He takes only his spears and a 'rubbish dog', one of the scavengers from around the camp to eat if he gets hungry, or to throw to threatening sharks or crocodiles. But when a storm blows boy and dog out to sea, both must learn to survive in a strange new world as partners - and even as friends.

    From renowned author Jackie French comes a story about survival in our earliest times.

    Praise for The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger:

    'This is a gripping, moving story that is also wonderfully evocative of an era when survival meant growing, creating or killing everything you needed. Kids will love the book for its pace, its sense of adventure and the fact that it is a darn good tale, like French's earlier books in the series.' -- Books + Publishing

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateJul 1, 2012
    ISBN9780730493778
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    Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent
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    Jackie French

    Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate. jackiefrench.com facebook.com/authorjackiefrench

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    • 4/5
      This book is full of passion kindness and happiness.This book is written by Jackie French. the book tells us life is a adventure and there is hope in every step of life.it is the story of loa.who heads of across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves marys another.He takes only his spear and one of the dogs from around the camp to eat if he gets hungry.Or to trow to threatening sharks or crocodiles.But when a storm blows .......