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?Meet THE LOST DOGS:? Luna the labrador. She's a worrier. She can't imagine how her family will survive without her to look after them. Bella the cocker spaniel. She's lost most of her memories but can still remember a home where she was loved. Eddie the terrier. An optimist who sees the funny side in everything. But since his owner died, it looks as if the dog pound might be his fate. Thrown together when their worlds fall apart, these three dogs will share the biggest adventure of their lives. They'll break out of prison, go on the run, be shipwrecked and homeless; they will dodge the cruel dog warden and risk their lives to save other dogs from a criminal gang. However much they have lost, they will discover a new kind of family in each other. But will they find their way home? Cover and interior illustrations by James Brown.
About the author
Patricia Forde is from Galway. Her first novel The Wordsmith was published to great critical acclaim in 2015. It has since been published in the United States, Australia, Denmark, Russia, Turkey and the Netherlands. It has won a White Raven Award from the International Youth Library, is an American Library Association Notable Book for Children in the United States, and was shortlisted for the Children’s Book of the Year Award in Ireland.
In 2018 Patricia wrote Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth, which was chosen as the Dublin UNESCO Citywide Read 2019. Mother Tongue, the second book in The Wordsmith series was published in 2019.
She has written three picture books in recent years: Fidget The Wonder Dog, Imagine and To The Island as well as picture books and middle grade novels in Irish. She also writes television programmes for children on TG4 and RTE. Her first screenplay Fidil Ghorm, produced by Abú Media, is due to be released in 2024.
She is currently Ireland’s seventh Laureate na nÓg.
Slightly obsessed with picture books, James enjoys writing and illustrating his own. He writes and illustrates for older children too and since 2014 has illustrated or written over 20 books. James studied English Literature at Sheffield and Stockholm and has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from St Andrews University. James was one of five illustrators to win the SCBWI's Undiscovered Voices 2014 competition.
