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The Boy Who Spoke Dog, Clay Morgan

Clay Morgan

Exhausted and nearly drowned, Jack washes up on a mysterious island after a murderous storm. Desperate for rescue, he searches the beaches and meadow for someone who can help him. He finds sheep dogs herding sheep, and fearsome wild dogs lurking in ambush, but strangely, no people.

Soon Jack is struggling to survive in the wild, using his wits and some tools he finds in the ruins of old dwellings, He tries hard to understand the sheep dogs and fight off his loneliness, and eventually befriends a little Border collie named Moxie. But she and the other sheep dogs remain …