Hot on the heels of the first Rory Branagan adventure comes this new story and The Dog Squad is every bit as sharp and quirky, and possibly even funnier. Dogs in Rory’s neighbourhood are going missing and he’s determined to track down the thieves, especially when his beloved Wilkins Welkin is snatched. Confined to his bedroom, his foot in a surgical boot, Rory can only watch as his associate Cassidy sneaks into the chief suspect’s house. It’s all a bit Rear Window in fact, but with the added joys of a comic dog fight, the intervention of Mrs Welkins and her slipper, and Rory’s big brother’s nascent moustache. Meanwhile Rory’s efforts to find out why his father left them continue and two new clues are revealed. This parallel plotline adds an extra layer and touch of genuine poignancy while Ralph Lazar’s illustrations match the text in wit and idiosyncrasy.
Be bold, be curious, be DETECTIVES! The story of Rory Branagan continues and this time there is a canine caper to be solved.
Rory Banagan is a detective and he eats bad guys for breakfast--well, not actually. But someone is stealing dogs, and Rory's own dog and best friend in the world, Wilkins Welkin, is in danger. It's up to Rory and his sidekick, Cassidy Corrigan, to get to the bottom of this mystery in a dog-eat-dog world, before it's too late. Both hilarious and heroic, this heart-warming, easy-to-read heavily illustrated adventure will leave you panting for more.
Andrew Clover is a Perrier-nominated comic, and actor, and writer, who once wrote a column Dad Rules, which was on the back page of the Sunday Times Style magazine, and starred as Gary in CBBC’s My Almost Famous Family. He has travelled to theatres and schools around the world, doing a show called The Seven Secrets of Storytelling, in which – as part of his own private dare – he climbs up a ladder, and sticks out his bottom, and pretends to lay a huge egg right on top of the deputy head.
