The Dog Who Saved the World

The Dog Who Saved the World
Ross Welford

The astounding new novel from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, this is a story for everyone of 10 and older who loves adventure, laughs and tears.“One of my favourite middle-grade writers” Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and StarsWhen 12-year-old Georgie makes friends with an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test-subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual reality, 3D version of the future.Then a deadly virus threatens to wipe out every dog in the country, and Georgie’s beloved dog Mr Mash gets sick. Which is bad – but worse is still to come.As the world is thrown into chaos, Georgie embarks on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth and all of humanity…… without actually leaving the room.An extraordinary quest with the biggest stakes of all, and a huge idea at its heart, this is time travel – but not as you know it.

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

Published in this ebook edition in 2019

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Contents

Cover (#ufb9986d3-6423-5033-8cf3-1c49196d874d)

Title Page (#ub79c1b80-f64e-5308-a017-0f09a2b5739b)

Copyright (#ub64544cf-232e-5b28-8544-7f0cac46ea6e)

Whitley Bay, Not Many Years From Now (#u49126fb7-312f-5556-ad60-e4e1d9b31b20)

Introduction (#u44aaec20-76b5-5fc7-901a-0f496bffce01)

Part One (#ueaa93648-23ee-5bf4-bc62-1e4599aaafe2)

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