One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson

One Dog and His Boy
by Eva Ibbotson

Hal's parents are very rich. He wants for nothing and owns toys and gadgets most boys can only dream of. But all he really wants is a dog. Mother will absolutely not have a dog because it will poo and wee all over her expensive carpets and chew all her expensive furniture. One day, after asking them for the umpteenth time, the father decides he will get Hal a dog. What Hal does not realise is that the dog is from a pet hire shop, and he will only have it for a weekend. When he realises the dog has gone back on the Monday morning, he makes a plan. He will break into the pet hire shop late one night and steal it back and run away with it to his grandparent's house in Northumberland. However, his plan does not go smoothly, and he ends up on a trip up north with more company than he expected, and along the way meets both colourful and unsavoury characters.

Eva Ibbotson is truly a literary treasure. I implore you all to read at least one of her books.

A lovely, sweet book for 9+.