Lassie Come-Home
by Eric Knight
List Price:
Our Price: $3.28
You Save: $3.71 (53%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Eric KnightIllustrator: Marguerite Kirmse
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-18
ISBN: 0312371314
Number of pages: 256
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Square Fish
Book Reviews of Lassie Come-Home
Book Review: To Own a Dog
Summary: 3 Stars
What does it take to be a true dog owner and dog lover? Certainly more than a piece of paper or a pedigree chart. Besides, what is an owner compared to being a dog's one, true Master? Eric Knight's 1940 tale of a dog who risks everything to be reunited with the boy who loves her leaped into the hearts of readers the world over. Based on his youth in the mountains of Yorkshire the story opens with basic the conflict of man versus man, but unfolds into Dog versus the world: man, beast, and Nature. Raising the moral question of what truly makes a man a given dog's Owner, this animal classic inspired a 1946 movie (with Elizabeth Taylor as young Priscilla).
Twelve-year-old Joe Carraclough adores his tricolor collie, Lassie, who though bred as a working dog with sheep, enjoys favored pet status in the family's humble cottage. But times are hard for these people; the mines are closed and Joe's father, desperate for work and the means to feed his family, reluctantly sells Lassie to the rich, blustery old Duke--who also has a keen eyes for dogs.
After running away several times from the Duke's kennels Lassie is shipped
400 miles up to the Duke's estate in northern Scotland. Yet each day around 4 pm the dog's strict Time Sense urges her to go meet the Boy at school. The story of her odyssey after she escapes the Duke's harsh kennel man proves emotional and fascinating reading; she combats
the indifference of Nature and the worst cruelty of mankind, as well as experiences some instances of tender human compassion. Joe comes of age as he realizes the value of honesty in dealing with others, while cherishing not only his own, but Lassie's dream for happiness. For kids of all ages.
Summary of Lassie Come-Home
Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland-too far a journey for any dog to make alone . . . But Lassie is not just any dog.
General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in The Atkinson-Ravitch Sampler of Classic Literature: Grade Six
Heidiby Johanna Spyri
Wego LLC; Published: 2005; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.71
The Firebringer & Other Great Stories, 55 Legends That Live Forever, Illustrated By Mae Gerhard,by Louis, Untermeyer
1968; Published: 1968; Paperback; Book
THE WORLD'S GREAT STORIES. 55 Legends That Live Foreverby Louis Untermeyer
M Evans & Co; Published: 1964; Hardcover; Book
Wild Animals I Have Knownby Ernest Thompson Seton
Book Jungle; Published: 2008-07-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.44
Price in other shops:
Tom's Midnight Gardenby Philippa Pearce
HarperCollins; Published: 1992-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)by C. S. Lewis
Collins; Published: 2000-10-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.38
Price in other shops:
Lassie Come-Homeby Eric Knight
Square Fish; Published: 2007-09-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.28
Price in other shops:
In the Reign of Terror: A Story of the French Revolution (Dover Storybooks for Children)by G. A. Henty
Dover Publications; Published: 2008-06-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.52
Price in other shops:
The People Could Flyby Virginia Hamilton
Knopf Books for Young Readers; Published: 2009-01-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops:
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Mythsby Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Published: 1992-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.31
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Lassie Come Home/ Son of Lassie/ Courage of LassieRelease date: 2006-11-07; DVD
Best price: $9.42
Price in other shops:
Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin)by Elizabeth Yates
Puffin; Published: 1989-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.24
Price in other shops:
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolutionby Natalie S. Bober
Simon Pulse; Published: 1998-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.79
Price in other shops:
Where the Red Fern Growsby Wilson Rawls, Wilson Rawls
Yearling; Published: 1996-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.90
Price in other shops:
Lassie Come HomeWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-08-24; DVD
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops:
Gentle Ben (Puffin Modern Classics)by Walt Morey
Puffin; Published: 2006-02-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.21
Price in other shops:
Bambi: A Life in the Woodsby Felix Salten
Aladdin; Published: 1988-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.47
Price in other shops:
Old Yeller (Perennial Classics)by Fred Gipson, Steven Polson
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2001-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.25
Price in other shops:
Lad: A Dogby Albert Payson Terhune
Puffin; Published: 1993-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
The Incredible Journeyby Sheila Burnford
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Published: 1997-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.24
Price in other shops: