Alveridgea and the Legend of the Lonely Dog

Book excerpt: "Set in the bizarre and beautiful port town of Alveridge, a fascinating place of unique clans and classes, where Felines struggle to maintain the upper hand. Bullied and misunderstood, Lonely Dog became a refugee in his own country. His was a hard scrabble life on the working class side of town, where motorbike gangs mingled with milkmen and everything was faded, including dreams. The story follows Lonely Dog from abandonment at the Houndside Orphanage, steps through his emergence as a dapper, pin-stripe suited dog with a message of hope through his music"--Lonelydog website. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.