Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

One Dog and His Boy (2011) by Eva Ibbotson is a warm-hearted beautiful read.

The story follows Hal and his dog Fleck’s relationship. On Hal’s 10th birthday his parents get him Fleck but there’s a catch: Fleck is only on hire from Easy Pets where pets are rented out for a brief time. Hal doesn’t know this and loves Fleck instantly. But when Fleck is returned to Easy Pets, Hal is not willing to give him up. Meanwhile Pippa has took over for the day at Easy Pets for her older sister Kayley who works there regularly and seeing the suffering the dogs are going through she lets the dogs out.

Soon Hal, Fleck, Pippa and four other dogs Honey, Otto, Li-Chee and Francine are on the run trying to reach the house of Hal’s grandparents. Along the way they have a major adventure ending up in a circus, a…