Elf Dog and Owl Head bookcover

Elf Dog and Owl Head

M. T. Anderson 

(Author)

Pete Cross 

(Read by)

Junyi Wu 

(Contribution by)
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Description

Clay has had his fill of home life. A global plague has brought the world to a screeching halt, and with little to look forward to but a summer of video-calling friends, vying with annoying sisters for the family computer, and tuning out his parents' financial worries, he's only too happy to retreat to the woods. From the moment the elegant little dog with the ornate collar appears like an apparition among the trees, Clay sees something uncanny in her. With this mysterious Elphinore as guide, he'll glimpse ancient secrets folded all but invisibly into the forest. Each day the dog leads Clay down paths he never knew existed, deeper into the unknown. But they aren't alone in their surreal adventures. There are traps and terrors in the woods too, and if Clay isn't careful, he might stray off the path and lose his way forever. Heartfelt and exhilarating, wry and poignant, this story seamlessly merges the fantastic and the familiar in a tale both timely and timeless.

Product Details

PublisherDreamscape Media
Publish DateApril 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconCD-Audio
EAN/UPC9798874612528
Dimensions6.7 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches | 0.2 pounds
BISAC Categories: Kids, Kids

About the Author

M. T. Anderson has written stories for adults, picture books for children, adventure novels for young readers, and several books for old readers. His satirical book Feed was a finalist for the National Book Award and was the winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. When not traveling to exotic places and seeing the ruins of ancient cities, he resides near Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit him at mt-anderson.com.
Pete Cross is an award-winning audiobook narrator and engineer who earned his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A multiple Earphones Awards winner and Audie finalist, he was nominated for a SOVAS award for his narration of Moby Dick and received the 2022 Audie Award for Ryan La Sala's Be Dazzled and the 2023 Odyssey Award for Ryan La Sala's The Honeys.
Junyi Wu is the illustrator of several books, including Christian McKay Heidicker's Newbery Honor Book Scary Stories for Young Foxes, Teresa Robeson's Two Bicycles in Beijing, and Lindsay H. Metcalf's Beatrix Potter, Scientist. A graduate of ArtCenter College of Design, she is based in Orange County, California.

Reviews

"A sparkling fantasy by the ever-inventive M. T. Anderson."

-- "Wall Street Journal"

"Anderson melds the fantastic with the everyday to often riotous effect."

-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

"Narrator Pete Cross makes magic of his own in Anderson's newest fantasy for middle-grade listeners. Cross imbues a teen named Clay with youthful sincerity and awe...[and] gives each character a unique voice and energy level...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."

-- "AudioFile"

There's a lot for contemporary kids to relate to here...Holding all that chaotic emotion together and framing it with a well-developed fantasy world is an impressive feat."

-- "Bulletin of the Center for Children's LIterature"

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