Letters to a Dog
- Author Piers Torday, Cover artwork by Alice McKinley
- Narrator Ammar Duffus
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 9 October 2025
- Run Time 50 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Children’s / Teenage category fiction, Children’s / Teenage emotions: Loneliness, isolation, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories.
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What to expect
Letters from a longed-for pet provide comfort and entertainment for a lonely boy in a heartfelt and gently humorous tale from bestselling author Piers Torday.
Jamie is in hospital waiting for a life-changing operation. And to make a difficult time even harder, he’s fallen out with his dad and refuses to speak to him when he comes to visit.
To keep his spirits up, nurse Shirley suggests he writes a letter to the dog he desperately wants to adopt from the local dog home. But imagine his surprise when Dog writes back!
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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