One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff’s latest masterpiece.
—The Guardian
Genius!
—Anthony Horowitz
Meg Rosoff has the gift of being able to talk to the reader with a directness that goes like an arrow to the heart. My top choice for summer, it’s an astounding crossover novel. Profoundly funny, a masterpiece not to be missed.
—The Times
Life: An Exploded Diagram has a good chance of next year’s Carnegie Medal if There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff does not get there first. I look forward to Rosoff’s novels because they are all so different, and this story of the world in the hands of a feckless and hormone-driven male has the spine-tingling weirdness of Just in Case, her existing Carnegie winner, which also explored the mind of an obsessive teenage boy. In the new novel, the boy in question is God, who created the world in a manner that suggests he was on Facebook with a hangover at the time.
—The Observer
There aren’t many authors who, like Meg Rosoff, can claim to be read with equal delight by children and adults. There Is No Dog is zany, clever, and loopily enjoyable, and explores some of the themes that have haunted Rosoff throughout her career: identity, love, trauma and the madness of being a teenager.
One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff’s latest masterpiece.
—The Telegraph
Rosoff is a brave and uncompromising novelist, with an excellent track record for writing edgy, uncomfortable but memorable stories. This latest effort is certainly all of those.
—Independent
Meg! I just finished your newest book “There is No Dog” and it utterly enchanted and amused me, made me laugh and cry (sometimes cry with laughter) and I loved it. Thank you so much for it, I’m so glad you woke up one day and thought “what if God were a teenage boy”. It was a brilliant read. Congratulations! I’m already looking forward to the next one. Tamzin xo
Have this queued up on my eReader ready to go as soon as I finish Vamoose! So this means I’ll be reading There Is No Dog over the weekend! Bliss!
Cheers
Jamieson
I have just finished reading your book after i spotted its amazing cover on the shelf. I dont know who ever said to never judge a book by its cover – this book was AMAZING. Thanks for adding yet another great book to the world ^^
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my mum just handed me ‘there is no dog’!!!! yey!!! i cant believe it but its signed! by you!!wahoo!! i really want to read it, but my mum says i have to do my homework first becuase i know once i start ill get completely adicted!!!xxthanks!
My 8 year old daughter selected this book today, because, well, she loves dogs. It was in the children’s section of the bookshop, next to “nanny piggins” and “warriors”. I flicked through it and suggested to the shop owner that it wasn’t a children’s book and was possibly suited to older teenagers, but she curtly informed me that it was junior fiction, and she put it back on the shelf. I’m not sure that “fantasising about soapy sex” is appropriate for 8 year olds? Can someone tell me what age group this book is aimed at? (I don’t have a problem with the content, I was just shocked to find it in the 8-10yr old section, surely this is a mistake?)
Yes, it’s a total mistake. Which is why I’m one of the only authors in the UK planet who supports age ranging — ie, having an indication on the back of books about what age they’re appropriate for. I spend my life discouraging parents from buying my books for their precocious nine year olds. Of course the bookseller is to blame, for not paying proper attention to her stock, but you did figure out that with about 3 minutes of attention to the back of the book, or the first few pages, it’s clear that it’s not a book for an 8-year-old. Not that it would traumatise and ruin the life of an 8-year-old who attempted to read it, he/she would likely just get bored and discouraged and put it away. But still.
You’re right, if I had bought it for her, she would have read the first few pages and then come back to me 5 minutes later and said “mum, this is gross”. And then I would have been really irritated that I had spent 15 bucks on a book that she didn’t want to read
Thanks for clarifying, I feel vindicated now. Silly book shop woman!!
p.s. try Eva Ibbotson’s last book for your daughter who loves dogs — One Dog and His Boy. Perfect for a clever 8 year old.
I’ll look out for it
thanks
hellooo,
i just read this book, and i loved it so much
especially the character Mr B, as i never thought he would make much of a difference to how i felt whilst reading, but unexpectedly he really did..
i know this is wayyyyy too early to ask, but is there going to be another book soon, because i love all your books, which is weird because before I never really used to read that much, and then after reading just in case, then i just read all of them and then loads of other books.
sorry babbling, anyway just wanted to say I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to rereading it again and again
xo
Hi Shereen
Thanks so much, I’m really glad you liked the book. And yes, I’m working on a new one that’s called Picture Me Gone — kind of a mystery, but not exactly a mystery, and it should be out about this time next year, or maybe earlier….I’m not 100% sure yet. Hang on, I’m writing as fast as I can…
xMeg
Is the teeshirt pictured on this sight available to be bought? My son would love it.
Alicia
This is where I found it…. http://www.zazzle.co.uk/there_is_no_dog_tshirt-235283488095082961