A Dog Called Homeless By Sarah Lean

Date:                              27 June 2017

Text Type:                     Novel

Title:                              A Dog Called Homeless

Author:                          Sarah Lean

Publisher:                      HarperCollins Children's Books

Year Of Publication:     2012

What Is The Text About?

This text is about a young girl called Cally. She lives with her older brother Luke and her father. Her mother died on her fathers birthday. From this point forward Cally tried so hard in life to impress her mother but everyone kept telling her she was nuisance, so Cally decided to stop talking. Cally moves houses into a little block and befriends a blind boy named Sam. They then befriended a dog called homeless. This book follows the friendship between the odd three.

Where/When Is This Book Set?

The books setting takes place in Cally and Sams apartment. 

Who Are The Characters?

Cally, Luke, Father, Grandma, Grandad, Mr Crisp, Sam, Mrs Cooper, Jed, Homeless

Did I Like This Text?

This text is my favourite book. I like this book because its different from other books. It has a sense of reality to it. I also love dogs s the fact that the dog is one of the main characters  is pretty cool.

Describe An Important Relationship In The Story

An important relationship within the story was the one of Cally and Sam. Cally is a little girl whose father has push aside his needs for her own. She is grieving from the loss of her mother with no help from her family. She decides to stop talking because shes pretty much invisible anyway. Sam is a little boy who is blind. He does not have many friends. The two become close as they know what it is like to be one another.  The relationship makes the two more confident in their lives. They change the life of Jed a homeless man who they tech to love life again.