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Many girls dream of having a beautiful dog of their own, but Cassie's wish for one takes an unexpected turn in a surprising, fascinating contemporary tale of friendship and growing up.
Thirteen-year-old Cassie lives with her mom, a waitress. who is often at work when Cassie is at home. Lonely, bored, and feeling friendless, Cassie is thrilled when a large, beautiful dog appears one day in her suburban backyard. Determined to take care of her new friend, Cassie hides the dog and even gets a part-time job to pay for the seemingly endless amount of food that Toklata consumes.
When Cassie's research into her new charge leads her to believe that she is, in fact, caring for a full-grown Arctic wolf, she tries to find a way to protect Toklata from harm while covering her own actions. But wolves, she learns, cannot be treated like pets, and in respecting the essential wildness of Toklata, Cassie learns that she too has resources and strengths that she never knew she had.
Filled with meticulous detail about wolves and animal behavior, The Dog with Golden Eyes will be fondly enjoyed by lovers of both animals and adventure.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-7-Cassie, 13, is immature, overweight, terribly shy, and very lonely. She lives with her overworked single mother who does not seem to know how to relate to her bright but alienated daughter. One day Cassie sees a stray dog and becomes fixated on making it her own secret pet. The girl's need to care for the animal helps her to emerge from her shell and approach the adults in her life who are willing to talk to her (unlike her self-absorbed mother) and eventually some peers. While researching dogs with the help of her science teacher, Cassie realizes that the stray she has adopted is actually an arctic wolf, and so her mission is altered from making this animal her pet to finding its rightful place. She matures, loses weight, and explores animal-rights issues. The story concludes with an exciting climax and a pat resolution in which every loose end is neatly tied. While the plot is overly simplistic, this novel is an easy read that will appeal to animal lovers and reluctant readers. Barbara Corcoran's Wolf at the Door (Atheneum, 1993) gives a more sophisticated look at similar issues.-Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Thirteen-year-old Cassie's plight is not new: she wants a dog and her mother won't allow it. Cassie is trying to "adopt" a stray without her mother finding out. However, this particular "aristocratic"-looking canine with fur "so white it shines like silver" is actually an arctic wolfthough Cassie does not realize it until halfway through the story. As Cassie struggles to tame the animal and save it from a dog catcher, she is plagued by other typical adolescent worries: losing her best friend, being overweight, having her parents separate (her father left without saying good-bye) and receiving poor grades at school. Wilbur (A Horse Called Holiday: A Guide for Parents of Horse-Crazy Kids) offers pat solutions to most of Cassie's problems and provides a happy ending for all, including the wolf, who is reunited with his original owners. Though it is written in unconvincing, pedestrian prose ("She put up with reports of freeway smashups and gang violence in order to watch the TV show about a teenage girl and her friends"), this tale is chock full of information about dog and wolf behavior, and may be of interest to animal lovers. Illustrations not seen by PW. Ages 8-13. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Thirteen-year-old Cassie, whose father has left home with another woman, secretly adopts a beautiful stray dog whom she soon discovers is a wolf. Cassie's life is further complicated by her (mistaken) perception that her mother is seeing another man. Especially appealing to young animal lovers, this predictable but easy-to-read story about a courageous girl contains lots of information on wolves and offers a happy, satisfying ending. From HORN BOOK Spring 1999, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Caring for a stray animal braces up a lonely, overweight California teenager in this relentlessly wholesome story. Cassie is going through a bad patch: Her father has deserted the family, her mother never seems to let up on her; her best friend has drifted off; and her self-esteem is slipping away with her grades. Sitting on the back porch downing cookie sandwiches, she sees what looks like a large white dog at the edge of the yard. Naming him Toklata, after a town in Alaska, Cassie leaves food for him, and he soon becomes a rough but approachable companion. Cassie quickly finds herself nudged into uncharacteristic activities, taking walks in the woods, skipping snacks, nerving herself to ask for a job to pay for dog food, asking a teacher for help when she can't find Tokie's breed in her dog encyclopedia. Tokie turns out to be a wolf, raised by humans and escaped from a research station; to prevent him from being hunted down and shot, Cassie entices him into her house and holds off police for several hours. Though Wilbur adopts a lecturing tone about wolves as bad pets, she doesn't try to resolve every conflict, and allows readers to see for themselves how Cassie is changed by each challenge: When she lands a summer job at the research station, it's not a convenient piece of plotting but a well-earned opportunity. (b&w illustrations, not seen) (Fiction. 10-12)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4^-7. With her father moved out and her mother working long hours, Cassie eats to alleviate her boredom and loneliness. The gorgeous white dog that shows up in her backyard seems like a dream come true, and Cassie secretly feeds it. Cassie's life expands through her research into the dog, their growing attachment, and her new part-time work to pay for dog food. However, her research reveals the "dog" to be an Arctic wolf, and once she has invited him into the house and seen what his idea of play can do to a sofa, she realizes she must try to find his owners before he is shot by the police or a hunting classmate. The book has a message about pet ownership and wolves, but the information doesn't overwhelm the story (which holds some surprises) or character development. This is a readable, engaging novel with special appeal for animal lovers. --Susan Dove Lempke