Race to the finish / David Harding.
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TextSeries: Fact & fiction. Animal tales ; ; 8.Publisher: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2012Description: 83 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742753423 (pbk.)Subject(s): Abandoned dogs -- Juvenile fiction | Animals -- Juvenile fiction | Dog rescue -- Juvenile fiction | Greyhound racing -- Fiction | Greyhound racing -- Fiction | Greyhound racing | Dog races -- Fiction | Dogs -- Fiction | Friends -- Fiction | Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 3 - Year 4 | Children's stories | Greyhound racing -- Juvenile fiction | Australian fiction | AustralianGenre/Form: Children's stories | Fiction. | Juvenile works. | Children's fiction | Children's storiesDDC classification: A823.4 Also available online.Summary: When Ben befriends an older boy called Craig, whose father races greyhounds, he is invited to come and see one of their dogs compete. Cassie is much less enthusiastic about greyhound racing, and Ben can't understand why. But when a greyhound is brought to the RSPCA shelter having been abandoned, Ben realises that in the world of racing dogs, the greyhounds are never the real winners.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42000244252B |
NSW Premiers Reading Challenge 3-4.
When Ben befriends an older boy called Craig, whose father races greyhounds, he is invited to come and see one of their dogs compete. Cassie is much less enthusiastic about greyhound racing, and Ben can't understand why. But when a greyhound is brought to the RSPCA shelter having been abandoned, Ben realises that in the world of racing dogs, the greyhounds are never the real winners.
For primary school age.
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