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The Last Dog on Earth
Logan Moore hates everyone. The father who abandoned him. The stepfather who wants to control him. Kids who get in his face. Everyone. Except Jack. A mangy mutt that nobody wants. Except Logan. He doesn’t care that Jack has already bitten three workers at the animal shelter or that she’s ugly. She’s the only one who doesn’t want anything from him and that’s enough for Loga...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
June 8th 2004
by Yearling
(first published February 11th 2003)
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this book was excellent. some of the science was a little fuzzy, but the important part of the book, the loyalty to one's pet was beautiful. i also had a problem at the end of the book where the dog was kept alive so that Logan could say goodbye. i thought that this undermined the plot a little. keeping a dog alive just to say goodbye is incredibly selfish. however, despite this, i really liked the characters and the book overall. i appreciated the character of Logan's stepfather, who truly didn...more
Logan Moore is a boy who hates everyone.The father who abandoned him,the stepfather who wants to control him,and the kids who get in his face all the time.Logan only likes Jack.A mangy mutt that nobody wants or cares about.Jack has already bitten three workers but Logan dosent care.A mysterious disease is sweeping across the country and Jack isnt infected but Logan wants to keep her safe incase something happens.The disease is already truning dogs into vicious ranging preditors.Logans parents ar...more
This was an interesting book. I liked the premise, and the bond between a boy and his dog is classic. I liked that the story centered around a boy who grew up in a real American household, and who was somewhat troubled. The story referenced numerous behaviors which likely contributed to his troubled relationship with his step-father. We saw some growth in the peripheral characters, and the main character (Logan) was changed as a result of his experiences, though whether the ultimate outcome of t...more
Well, my students recommend books for me, and one of my students recommended this one. I SOOOO know better than to read a book with a dog on the cover. Seriously, I knew better. However, this young man INSISTED that I would like it. I couldn't put the book down - I had to know what happened. Read it in one sitting. I will say that it is a good book for boys who struggle. Very easy read. However, (spoiler alert) the ending ticked me off!! I was mad! I finished during my 6th period, tossed the boo...more
Jan 09, 2008
Justin Kesto
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
adults,Teens,pet lovers and mabye scientist
I learned that u should respect your parants other wise they will punish you. In this story a kid named Lagoon Maroon who disrespect his paraents and doesnet get along. they get him a dog then later sends him to camp. a dog disease gets lose and spreads. the Disease is known as prion disease which causes animals to go insane. Lagoon's dog is the only dog on earth that is immune to prion disease. Lagoon escapes camp and trys to find his dad.
Logan Moore has an evil stepfather who clearly wishes Logan's mom was single. The feeling is mutual. Logan is filled with hate for pretty much everyone he comes in contact with until he gets a kennel dog who he names Jack. Jack is the only one who accepts Logan the way he is, and the two are fast friends. However, a virus breaks out in the canine community, one that can jump to humans and kill quickly. Dogs are being executed out of paranoia. How will Logan protect Jack?
When I started reading t...more
When I started reading t...more
A dog disease has been spreading around, targeting all dogs, turning them into vicious raging predators. But that was before Logan got a dog, before Logan got a dog from the shelter instead of the purebreed dog his step-dad wanted, before he got sent to a camp and escaped only to find that his dog found him before Logan found his real dad, before they found that Logan's dog was the only dog that was immune to the disease, before people shoot dogs once they see them. Yes, before everything happen...more
This is a book that I think my students will like. The voice of Logan is believable - he talks like a teen and thinks like a teen. The premise of the story is disturbing - dogs get a disease with no cure that makes them attack, which spreads the disease to humans.
The themes of the book will interest the young adult reader. The book made me laugh several times and cry just a little.
I am not a dog lover and this book makes me want to go get a dog - but I know that will pass. :)
The themes of the book will interest the young adult reader. The book made me laugh several times and cry just a little.
I am not a dog lover and this book makes me want to go get a dog - but I know that will pass. :)
In the book "The Last Dog on Earth" there is this dog who has a special disease treatment and all the other dogs have died because of this disease. And its spreading all around and its getting to the humans. So the dog with the treatment ends up having to treat all the humans to save the world and when he treated everyone he was best known as the best dog ever. And the family who owned the dog were really recognized because of the dog.
'The Last Dog on Earth' is all about this awful disease spreading to dogs and slowly killing them.
This book I love/hate. I love it because it's about dogs, and is really emotional. I hate it because when I opened it up and started to read, I was horrified that all the dogs were dying!!! (But I kind of loved that, too, because it's emotional.)I guess it kind of made me scared this was going to happen in real life! I also thought it was selfish that they kept Jack(the dying dog) alive in her pain...more
This book I love/hate. I love it because it's about dogs, and is really emotional. I hate it because when I opened it up and started to read, I was horrified that all the dogs were dying!!! (But I kind of loved that, too, because it's emotional.)I guess it kind of made me scared this was going to happen in real life! I also thought it was selfish that they kept Jack(the dying dog) alive in her pain...more
Logan Moore, a young boy who thinks he has the worst life. He hates his father for leaving him. He hates his stepfather for controlling what he has to do. Also, he hates other kids for thinking they are better than him. When Logan gets a dog he learns how to act in a responsible way.
This is a book you can count on to be the book that you would want to read.
Everyone should read this book it really teaches you a lesson on how to act, and be a better person.
This is a book you can count on to be the book that you would want to read.
Everyone should read this book it really teaches you a lesson on how to act, and be a better person.
Logan hates erveryone. But when his mean stepfather decides to bring a dog home, Logan refuses. But he said,"If I have to get a dog let me get one at the shelter" So he gets a girl named Jack. But a strange disease is sweeping through town making dogs attack anybody with no mercy. Jack is not affected but that won't keep her safe. People are shooting dogs and asking questions later...
This book is really creepy. It kinda made me have second thoughts about getting a dog. Anyhow, I think this is a very good book. It tells a couple of different stories at once. It begins with Jack as a wild dog puppy, then starts with Logan's point of view of the story, then adds in Westerley, who later comes out to be Logan's father. I would recommend this book to all my friends.
begin: i keep running into books where the male character is SO MAD at the world! is this what angry young men really feel? why isnt this being addressed by more people? that level of anger only leads to angry adults, and they pass it on to others, including the next generation. anyway, it's got a dog and a loner boy, so you know the dog's going to be dead at the end of the book. what was i thinking?!
end: it ended as i expected and yet not. touching, poignant but could have gone deeper. still,...more
end: it ended as i expected and yet not. touching, poignant but could have gone deeper. still,...more
The first time I read this book I was in fifth grade. Now in eleventh and still I love this book. A true story of growing up and learning to protect those you care for, as well as a story of incredible strength. It made me cry well throughout the story, as only the truly remarkable books are able. I recommend this book to all dog lovers and children a like.
WARNING-SPOILERS!!!!!
I loved this book. I gave it to my friend to read and by looking at the cover guessed that the dog would die, because evryone knows that if the dog is on the cover it will die. Well i didnt want my friend to miss the bond you join with the characters and the dog, so i lied to her and said that the dog didnt die. Very good book!
I loved this book. I gave it to my friend to read and by looking at the cover guessed that the dog would die, because evryone knows that if the dog is on the cover it will die. Well i didnt want my friend to miss the bond you join with the characters and the dog, so i lied to her and said that the dog didnt die. Very good book!
How could I not read a title like that? Definitely more towards the youngest end of YA, but didn't stop it from being ridiculously compelling and well plotted in a way I don't expect from this author. I have to go cry now at the thought of entire towns being emptied of dogs due to unstoppable, incurable, infectious and rabies-like disease.
I read this book when it first came out, when I was in middle school. It remains to this day my favorite book of all time. There's just something about that makes me want to go back and read it again and again. I loved every second of this book and cherish the memory of reading it for the first time and falling in love with it.
I like this book because it highlights the relationships that people buildwith their pets, as well as a divorced family struggling to understand each other. This is a good chapter book for middle school kids with family problems, or for any middle schooler in general. The writing was a little dry, but the different perspectives throughout the book changed it up enough to read the whole way through.
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This book is about how a contagious dog disease made dogs sick and have rabie like reactions.All dogs are either getting it or getting killed for safety.The last dog and her owner run away so that they can both live but they have many obsatcles in their way.Can they make it and reproduce or will the end of the dogs, The Wolf's decendants begin?
Very sad. I wasn't expecting the ending, but im glad it ended that way rather then what i was afraid it was gonna happen. Jack is the coolest dog ever, and sometimes reminds me of my dog, though my dog does NOTHING right, but i love him all the same.
3 stars bcuz most of the book was boring crap and was dragging wayy too long. i skipped to like chapter 20 and read from there. THAT was when it started getting interesting. and i liked it from there. kinda sad actually.. poor doggys..
Definitely depressing for the most part and the story gets a bit dry from time to time. I was disappointed by how massively awesome the idea is for this book and that the author just didn't explore it enough or do it justice.
I read this book for Battle of the Books in 5th grade, and I absolutely loved it! In fact,once I finished it, I just picked it up and read it again. The Last Dog on Earth is a hear-wrenching and intelligent story that I would recommend to everybody.
This book is great because it really makes you think, and also makes you kinda sad, but I like a challenging book that really makes you think so all thse people who like a challenging book please read this book.
This is a cool book, I really enjoyed it-although I did read it a few years ago. If you have or wish you had a dog and don't have anything against dogs that aren't purebred you may enjoy this book as well.
Sad ending. I loved it and if you love pets specifically dogs you will too. A great story about boy and dog. Had me addicted the whole time. Great book.
Interspersed e-mail messages, faxes, and newspaper articles add interest to the narrative, but verbosity characterizes most of the book.
when all the dog on earth have a deise and a dog name Jack is the only one that isnt pron to is and ends uo saveing millions of dogs
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Daniel Ehrenhaft is the author of several dozen books for children and young adults—so many books, in fact, that he has lost count. He has often written under the pseudonym Daniel Parker (his middle name, which is easier to spell and pronounce than his last), and occasionally Erin Haft. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jessica, as well as a scruffy dog named Gibby and a psychotic cat named Boots...more
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