There Is No Dog - Hardcover

Rosoff, Meg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399257640 ISBN 13: 9780399257643

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2012

Synopsis

What if God were a teenaged boy?

In the beginning, Bob created the heavens and the earth and the beasts of the field and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species (including lots of cute girls). But mostly he prefers eating junk food and leaving his dirty clothes in a heap at the side of his bed.

Every time he falls in love, Earth erupts in natural disasters, and it's usually Bob's beleaguered assistant, Mr. B., who is left cleaning up the mess. So humankind is going to be very sorry indeed that Bob ever ran into a beautiful, completely irresistible girl called Lucy . . .

About this title

Review:

..".earns its place among the sharpest-witted tours de force of recent memory." -- Kirkus, starred review

"Wildly inventive and laugh-out-loud funny..." -- Booklist, starred review

..".there's no denying that Rosoff's writing and sense of humor are a force of nature..." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Cheeky and subversive." -- Horn Book, starred review

From the Back Cover:

In the beginning there was Bob.
And Bob created the heavens and the earth

and the beasts of the field
and the creatures of the sea,
and twenty-five million other species
including lots and lots of gorgeous girls.
And all of this, he created in just six days.
Six days!

Congratulations, Bob!
No wonder Earth is such a mess.

Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad -- and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth.
Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows.

Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy.

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0399257640
• ISBN 13: 9780399257643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272