[LM_NET] HIT: Dead dog books

[Barbara Massey <massey@WINSTON-SA.ORG>]

ORIGINAL REQUEST:

One of our 6th grade teachers has asked me to compile a list of books
"where the dog dies."--  she's reading No More Dead Dogs with her class.
I can come up with the obvious ones,  Where the Red Fern Grows, Sounder,
Old Yeller, and Stone Fox.  Any more suggestions?  

 

RESPONSES

Sounder - Armstrong

Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls

Stone Fox - Gardinar

Old Yeller - Gipson

 Lad A Dog, 

Love that Dog, - Creech 

Old Shep, My Pal by Zack Paris, 

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Viorst

My Dog Skip

The Beloved Dearly by Cooney 

Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant

Marley and Me: a dog like no other

My Life in Dog Years is Gary Paulsen's autobiography in which each
chapter of his life is described by the dog who he lived with at the
time

Last Dog on Earth by Erenhaft

Letters From Wolfie by Sherlock

 

The Soul of the Silver Dog by Lynn Hall. It is probably out of print but
if you have it I consider if the big kahuna of dead dog books. See,
first the dog is blind and so they almost put it down. Then he gets
adopted and everything is going soooo great and then...and
then...aruggh!  If you have any other books by her, they may be dog, and
probably dead dog, books. Cheers,

 

A  Dog Named Kitty-Wallace

Lassie Come Home

Red Dog - Wallace

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam -- Kadohata (Cracker doesn't die but
other dogs do)
Each Little Bird That Sings -- Wiles

Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

My Dog Skip

My Life in Dog Years

the Shiloh books

A Dog's life the autobiography of a stray

Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Edgar Sawtelle...we think he's going to die, but I haven't finished it
yet.

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of
Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong

 

 Thanks everybody.  This is quite a list.  Looks like we are going to
have to invest in some Kleenex!

 

Barbara C Massey, Librarian

Winston School San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

massey@winston-sa.org

 


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