PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Scruffy was one of 3 pups born after her pregnant mother was abandoned by her owner when the old terraced street where they lived was bulldozed to make way for a new development. Scruffy alone survived, only to be lost to the lonely and dangerous life of a stray, before being found and put in the Tuesday cage of a big-city dog pound . . . where strays only get one week to live.
It was there that the author, Jack Stoneley, a reporter for a national newspaper, saw Scruffy and determined to find her an owner. Jack's story appeared on the day Scruffy was due for execution – and his paper’s millions of readers refused to let the little dog die. Phone lines were jammed as 10,000 people called to ‘Save Scruffy’. Even the Air Force wanted her as a mascot, and people travelled for miles to queue outside her cell. When it was all over, miner’s son Derrick Davies was the lucky winner.
Jack was so moved he wrote Scruffy: the Tuesday Dog based on her life, with the help of Derrick who tells how Scruffy marked his life forever. Dubbed a classic for catching a dog’s-eye view of the world, Warner Brothers even made a cartoon film of it for TV, which can now be seen in 6 parts on YouTube.
This is a tragic, touching, but ultimately joyful tale of a dog abandoned to the lonely life of a stray. You will read it again and again, marvelling that the canine characters are so real.
REVIEWS
'Scruffy is a classic for perfectly catching a dog's-eye view of the world.' -- Library Journal
'A heart-warming story for dog lovers everywhere . . . Full of fun and love.' -- Book Review Service
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jack Stoneley, a reporter and later national newspaper editor who loved animals as much (and sometimes more) than he loved humans, is the author of a number of other books, including Jenny’s War, another true story, about a mother, Jenny Baines, who goes in search of her son who was shot down over Germany in the Second World War. Jenny’s War was made into a series for ITV, starring Dyan Cannon, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Hardy Christopher Cazenove and Hugh Grant.
Scruffy was one of 3 pups born after her pregnant mother was abandoned by her owner when the old terraced street where they lived was bulldozed to make way for a new development. Scruffy alone survived, only to be lost to the lonely and dangerous life of a stray, before being found and put in the Tuesday cage of a big-city dog pound . . . where strays only get one week to live.
It was there that the author, Jack Stoneley, a reporter for a national newspaper, saw Scruffy and determined to find her an owner. Jack's story appeared on the day Scruffy was due for execution – and his paper’s millions of readers refused to let the little dog die. Phone lines were jammed as 10,000 people called to ‘Save Scruffy’. Even the Air Force wanted her as a mascot, and people travelled for miles to queue outside her cell. When it was all over, miner’s son Derrick Davies was the lucky winner.
Jack was so moved he wrote Scruffy: the Tuesday Dog based on her life, with the help of Derrick who tells how Scruffy marked his life forever. Dubbed a classic for catching a dog’s-eye view of the world, Warner Brothers even made a cartoon film of it for TV, which can now be seen in 6 parts on YouTube.
This is a tragic, touching, but ultimately joyful tale of a dog abandoned to the lonely life of a stray. You will read it again and again, marvelling that the canine characters are so real.
REVIEWS
'Scruffy is a classic for perfectly catching a dog's-eye view of the world.' -- Library Journal
'A heart-warming story for dog lovers everywhere . . . Full of fun and love.' -- Book Review Service
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jack Stoneley, a reporter and later national newspaper editor who loved animals as much (and sometimes more) than he loved humans, is the author of a number of other books, including Jenny’s War, another true story, about a mother, Jenny Baines, who goes in search of her son who was shot down over Germany in the Second World War. Jenny’s War was made into a series for ITV, starring Dyan Cannon, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Hardy Christopher Cazenove and Hugh Grant.
