A Dog's Purpose

A Dog's Purpose

By W. Bruce Cameron

14 ratings 18 reviews 21 followers
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Grades 9 - 12Grades 10 - 9n/a5.682979
Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.
Publisher: PAN
ISBN-13: 9781509852826
ISBN-10: 1509852824
Published on 4/20/2017
Binding: Paperback

Book Reviews (20)

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Logan Logan

I like this book

I read a book about a dog running away and it was pretty much like the first life in this book. The main character is a dog named Bailey that lives many lives as different dogs. Each life has a unique thing about it and occasionally will bring a tear to you eye. Every time Bailey lives a new life he tries to find his purpose, until he lives a life with Ethan. Ethan was the best owner and Bailey decided to make him his purpose. His purpose was to protect Ethan. When he finally passed away from being in that life he lived his new one searching for Ethan. After not finding his boy,he eventually dies ,and lives his new life. One day he ran off and found a scent that seemed really familiar, He kept following it until he got to Ethan's Grandparents' barn!!! The rest of that life was them living together until Bailey died again. My connection to this book is I've personally wondered what MY purpose is and sorts have been looking for it.

savv0100, I loved your review and I reallly want to read this book now

Grace Grace

This book is the best book. I enjoyed reading it and looked forward to going to school to read more.

abec1656 abec1656

I would rate this book five stars because it keeps you engaged and makes you want to see what is going to happen next. This is a very sad but happy book at the same time. Their are many things you can learn from this book, like dogs can have a huge impact on your life.

bossdog365 bossdog365

This book is honestly the best and I did it for my sevnth grade book report and i nominated it for best book ever.

I really enjoyed this book because it told me the meaning of life live your life as a good life not a bad one so later you can look back and say I had a good life. The main character in my eyes was Bailey he taught me every thing.

One dog, three different lives, and one ultimate purpose to find! I just finished this book and it was so touching and just totally great! An intelligent dog trying to find his purpose in life ends up having 3 lives to fulfill it! Each life is different, including Bailey, the perfect golden retriever pup, to Ellie, a German Shepard, who is part of the K9 unit at the police station! I, for one, got really emotional at several parts in the book! There is adventure, drama, suspense, comedy... practically everything wrapped up with a bow and handed to you in one amazing, heartfelt book. This will change the way you look at dogs forever. I would recommend it to readers 5th grade and up!

DogLover2145 DogLover2145

I love this book. Its sad, happy and emotional. But i recommend it to dog lovers and people who want to read a story through a dogs point of view. 5 stars for this book!

This is one of the best books I have ever read. This book is about a dog that is reincarnated over and over. After being born for the second time, he realizes that his first life had no purpose to it. from then on, he goes through life trying to find his purpose in life. I highly recommend this book to all dog lovers and animal lovers.

The book seemed really realistic. It was like something like that could have happened to one of your friends or yourself. At some parts of the story it was really sad but that's what happens in real life