Dogchild
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- €6.99
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- €6.99
Publisher Description
THE BREATHTAKING NEW NOVEL FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR KEVIN BROOKS
Jeet was raised by a pack of wild dogs. Recaptured and ‘rehumanised’, Jeet now lives with the last of his people in an ancient walled town in the vast expanse of the Deathlands, besieged by a much larger enemy clan. They are preparing for the final battle and it’s Jeet’s task to record the events. But Jeet is struggling to come to terms with his half-human, half-dog identity. Can the impending conflict, and his relationship with another rehumanised dogchild, shed any light on what it takes to be a survivor?
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of many acclaimed award-winning young adult novels, including Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing The Rain, The Road of the Dead, Black Rabbit Summer and iBoy. He now lives in North Yorkshire. The Bunker Diary won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2014.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
in this stark tale, Brooks (Born Scared) imagines a postapocalyptic future in which Jeet, a child raised by dogs, plays a vital role in the continuation of humankind. On the orders of town Marshal Gun Sur, Jeet chronicles "the times and lives of our people" leading up to looming final battle with their enemies, the Dau. He begins with his own story: being separated from his people as a baby, then brought up by a pack of Deathland dogs, and, years later, rehumanized. In the narrative's present, Gun Sur directs Jeet to raid the Dau encampment on the same day that Chola Se, a dogchild with whom Jeet feels a connection, goes missing. In order to fulfill his mission and rescue Chola Se, Jeet must reconnect with his pack, blending his human and canine abilities and skills. After the two escape, Chola Se reveals to Jeet that she has been repeatedly raped in the camp, by Dau as well as by a leader from their own town. Together, the two seek to thwart the traitor and determine their own destiny. Brooks has created unique characters that convincingly bridge the gap between human and animal thought processes, though Chola Se's multiple sexual assaults skew uncomfortably toward device. The unusual figures, the harrowing scenario, and the taut, relentless action sequences combine to produce a story told without apostrophes, quotation marks, or traditional chapter breaks that readers will find difficult to put down. Ages 14 up.
