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Rage Winnoway’s closest friends have always been her four dogs: Bear, Billy Thunder, Elle, and Mr. Walker. When Rage sets off for the hospital where her mother lies in a coma, the dogs and the neighbor’s goat tag along. On the way, they run into the firecat, who talks them into going through a... read more
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“In fairy tales there was always something dramatic and violent happening in a castle--somebody being stolen away or put to sleep for a hundred years, somebody getting his head chopped off or being usurped She wasn't actually sure what being usurped was, but it sounded at least as bad as having her head chopped off.”
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“'I don't think I'd like to be completely human,' Billy went on apologetically. 'I thought I would, but now I can see that human minds are growing all the time, until they are like enormous houses with thousands of rooms and twisty passages and dark hallways all full of cobwebs and shadows and forgotten things. No wonder there is so much confusion in humans. Dog minds are like standing outside. There are no walls, the wind blows freshly, and the light falls everywhere.'”
Billy Thunder
First Sentence edit
Rage Winnoway sat under the big, untidy shrub that grew beneath the window of the next-door neighbor's kitchen.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-16
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Gateway Trilogy. (standard series)
Followed by Winter Door: The Gateway Trilogy Book Two.
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- Isobelle Carmody (Author)
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Publication Date: 2000
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Page Count: 272
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Awards edit
- Patricia Wrightson Award (Finalist, 2001, Shortlist)
- W.A. Young Readers Book Award (Finalist, 2002: Young Reader)
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