by Jeremy Strong · Puffin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141317236
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«The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog» is Jeremy Strong's children's humour novel, published by Puffin Classics in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Trevor accepts thirty pounds to walk Streaker, an uncontrollable dog, every day. With his friend Tina, he tries absurd methods that always end in trouble. The odious Charlie Smugg bets he can't train her before the holidays, so Trevor and Tina hatch a plan to make Charlie eat his words.
This title opens the The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog series and won the Children's Book Award in 1996.
Recommended for readers aged 7 to 9, especially those who enjoy absurd humour and animal stories.
Jeremy James Strong was an English writer known for his children's books. Strong wrote and published over 100 novels for children and young adults and is best known for his children's series The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog. His work were known for humour, wordplay and has been described as encouraging "reading amongst ordinary children." Strong won the Children's Book award in 1997 and his books have been adapted for television including the BBC's There's a Viking in My Bed.
