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Moose Bruce and the Goose eBook Robert Scott McKinnon Tom Quinn

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KIRKUS REVIEW Hilarity descends on the dog-track when Moose and DeGaulle (respectively greyhound and goose) crash the gates and steal the race … and the show. The unlikely duo's been hoboing around Montana ever since, separately wounded, they found each other companionable. A bossy fat lady and milquetoasty trainer who materialize conveniently, constantly, are instrumental in their adoption by would-be track-star Bruce and his won't-be pet-sitting family, and here the slapstick sets in the boy practice-runs daily spurred by Moose's instinctive racing style and the goose's distinctive chasing style (wings flapping, voicebox honking) til he's in shape for the state championship. It's all rigged from here on--as of course it's cheerfully been throughout the lady marries herself to the trainer, Bruce wins his meet, Moose is groomed for the track, and goose returns from a half-hearted spring sojourn northward. High comedy in its own way … with a threesome Disney would have known what to do with. Review by Joan Dillon, from CELEBRATING GREYHOUNDS, THE MAGAZINE. Moose is a "mottled gray" greyhound pup, born into and left alone when his mother and sisters are rescued by a local rancher. Bruce is a teenager who has aspirations of becoming a high school track star. De Gaulle is a Canada Goose who had been the leader of a flock until wounded by a bullet fired illegally from a rifle. This unlikely cast of characters combine in a delightful story that will appeal to youngsters from the middle grades on up to high school. Even adults will find themselves chuckling at some of the situations that this unlikely trio gets in to. Meeting at a Montana greyhound track where Moose and DeGaulle totally disrupt the outcome of a race, they accompany Bruce home only to disrupt his mother's bridge party. The action proceeds at a fast pace as the dog and the goose and Bruce train for the high school track team. At one point, DeGaulle returns wild only to return with 5,000 friends just before the state track championship which is decided by a most unusual photo finish. This book is an absolute delight from beginning to end. Highly recommended. The book is illustrated by Tom Quinn, a well-known artist from Spokane, Washington, who, in addition to illustrations, has painted murals on the sides of a number of buildings, etc., in the Spokane area.