The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - 2008

Harper Collins. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Used book, dust jacket is wriknled, tight . binding, clean pages.. 2008. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061374227 . 9.25 x 1.75 x 6.40 in; 362 pages; Fourteen year old Edgar Sawtelle is mute and has lived in a remote farm where his parents raise a special breed of dogs originated by grandfather Sawtelle. In their quiet comes Edgar's uncle and the idyllic life is disrupted with the mysterious death of Edgar's father. Unable to prove that his uncle was responsible for his father's death, Edgar goes into the woods with his three dogs. David Wroblewski's story telling genius comes alive as he makes the reader privy to the Edgar's and the dogs' perceptions of their plight and the forest they run to. A coming of age story, this novel is very touching and leaves the reader nostalgic for the end of a good read. This first novel makes the reader eager for the next. .