Until Manpup is taken away in a loud, siren, FlashingMetalBeast. But Scruffity is happy Manpup has a plan too. GrowlManJim doesn’t like Scruffity and his Manpup together and has a plan to separate them. The way of dog is being, playing, loving and licking his Manpup! It’s not only playing in fresh grass, rolling in smelly things, spinning, spinning, spinning and leaping for the Skysingers. Scruffity has finally found the true way of dog. This Manpup wants to keep him, giving him his name – Scruffity. The angry shoe-leg (GrowlManJim) has a Manpup who feeds him. He yips and spins showing them he is the one they should take home, but before long he is the only one left, sitting on his concrete floor alone.
This puppy can show off for the shoe-legs. The shoe-leg comes back, angry at each pup who doesn’t survive, but it’s not long before they are big enough for homes. Some of his brothers and sisters aren’t strong or warm enough to make it, and a fat rat tells the puppy what happens next. His brothers and sisters cry as loud as he does for their mother but they are alone, and cold, in a cage with a concrete floor.
There is no schnuffle (smell) of her anywhere on the air. And each character has a part to play in reuniting Scruffity with MyManPup in an ending that can only be described as poetic.A puppy is born and enjoys being with his mamma and brothers and sisters. The author skilfully weaves these people – two young sisters, a prisoner, and a homeless busker into the fabric of Scruffity’s story, showing us his willingness to love again, despite repeated losses and heartache. And yet, despite the all-consuming grief Scruffity is experiencing, he cannot help but open his huge doggy heart to others who are in need of a dog like him. From that moment onwards, it’s a rollercoaster of soaring hope and plummeting despair as Scruffity does everything in his power to be reunited with MyManPup. Author Zana Fraillon brings us so close to Scruffity and the energy with which he experiences the world that, when he escapes the dreaded DeadDogBin and unexpectedly finds connection and belonging with a boy he calls MyManPup, we cannot help but experience the intensity of Scruffity’s eventual loss when an accident separates him from the boy he loves. And Sean Buckingham‘s tender, emotional illustrations go hand in hand with the tone of the novel. Written in verse and told from Scruffity the dog’s POV, the story is pared back to its very essence and will fully engage your senses and emotions, with no other distractions. This stunning novel about an orphaned puppy and a runaway boy captured my heart and lingered there long after I finished reading.
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