Description
From one of Australias most esteemed and awardwinning childrens authors and Australian Childrens Laureate for 202223 comes a heartwarming story set in postwar Melbourne about courage friendship the magic of stories and one girls unwavering love for her dog
Zadie Ma has a special talent for telling stories and it seems that some of Zadies stories come true Zadies dearest wish is to have a dog of her own and so she starts to write the story of a poor unwanted dog called Jupiter whos just waiting to be rescued by a loving girl like Zadie
One morning when shes supposed to be minding the family shop for her mother Zadie sets off to look for Jupiter The scene that unfolds isnt quite the same as in her story but she does find a real dog and his name is Jupiter Once Zadie has rescued him she realises she cant just take Jupiter home because her mother wont let her keep a dog Luckily her bold new friend Sparrow lets Zadie keep Jupiter at her house till Zadie can work things out
But a series of unlucky events means that Zadie cant write the happy ending she dreams of for her story and now she may lose her beloved Jupiter forever
Can Zadies most important story of all finally come true
Gabrielle Wang is the Australian Childrens Laureate for 202223
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