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An abandoned baby boy is found by a female dog. The dog suckles and 'raises' the child, but the growing child is rejected by human society.
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Included on the United States Board on Books for Young People and the Children's Book Council (US) 2006 Outstanding International Booklist.
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 50)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Capitalism Run Wild : Zizou Corder's Lion Boy and Victor Kelleher's Dog Boy
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 29-34) Parsons critiques two novels, Dog Boy, by Australian author Victor Kelleher and American Zizou Corder's Lion Boy, in terms of how they navigate neo-liberalist ideologies utilizing the nature/culture schism. Parson's argues that in an age when 'the negative consequences of corporate greed are more apparent', the appropriation of animal metaphors and the Darwinian notion of 'the survival of the fittest' are considerably more problematic (29). The comparative reading draws attention to some of the ways in which contemporary children's/young adult fiction attempts to (and/or appears to) critique and challenge corporate and consumerist culture and in this case the protagonists in both texts 'share a need to embrace animal instincts in order to regulate and participate in a dehumanizing economic world' (29). Parsons concludes that the challenge to corporate power in children's texts is dominated by male/boy protagonists and in the novels discussed, the idealization of the (male) hero is underpinned by a 'post-feminist bid to reinstate patriarchal dominance' (33). -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 39)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Dogboy
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , July no. 2 2005; (p. 17)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel
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In Short : Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 October 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of All that Glitters 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy 2005 single work novel ; The Best Australian Poetry 2005 2005 anthology poetry ; The Grasshopper Shoe 2005 single work novel -
Grave New Worlds
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 276 2005; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Snow Wings 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Rat and the Raven 2005 single work novel ; Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Dogboy
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , July no. 2 2005; (p. 17)
— Review of Dogboy 2005 single work novel -
Capitalism Run Wild : Zizou Corder's Lion Boy and Victor Kelleher's Dog Boy
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 29-34) Parsons critiques two novels, Dog Boy, by Australian author Victor Kelleher and American Zizou Corder's Lion Boy, in terms of how they navigate neo-liberalist ideologies utilizing the nature/culture schism. Parson's argues that in an age when 'the negative consequences of corporate greed are more apparent', the appropriation of animal metaphors and the Darwinian notion of 'the survival of the fittest' are considerably more problematic (29). The comparative reading draws attention to some of the ways in which contemporary children's/young adult fiction attempts to (and/or appears to) critique and challenge corporate and consumerist culture and in this case the protagonists in both texts 'share a need to embrace animal instincts in order to regulate and participate in a dehumanizing economic world' (29). Parsons concludes that the challenge to corporate power in children's texts is dominated by male/boy protagonists and in the novels discussed, the idealization of the (male) hero is underpinned by a 'post-feminist bid to reinstate patriarchal dominance' (33).
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