I have just finished reading this book to my eight year old boy 'Caleb'.  We both found it a bit slow at the start, but by the end of the second chapter we were thoroughly hooked!  I found myself wanting to sneak and read it when he was asleep but managed to stop myself!

It is about a boy named 'Hal' who desperately wants a dog.  He is a kind, thoughtful boy who doesn't care about things like toys and money.  Hal's parents however are completely obsessed with money and possessions.  They spend more time buying things for Hal than spending time with him. 

Hal ends up getting his dog 'Fleck' for his birthday but his parents played an awful trick on him,  they only hired Fleck for one weekend!

This book is about Hal and Fleck's adventures and what they had to go through to be together.  It was exciting and heart warming, but I don't want to give too much of the story away, You must read this book!!!

By Mrs Newman