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Fusing the heart of Julie of the Wolves with the imagination of Little Brother and Ship Breaker, this speculative YA is a must-read for any dog lover.Seventeen-year-old Nano Miller was born and raised on Dog Island: home to Mechanical Tail, the company behind lifelike replacements for "man's best friend." The island is also home to the last living dogs, all but extinct. When a global genetic experiment went awry and canines stopped wagging their tails, mass hysteria ensued and the species was systematically euthanized. Here, they are studied in a natural and feral state.Nano's life has become a cycle of annual heartbreak. Every spring, Mechanical Tail gives her the latest robot dog model to test, only to tear it from her arms a year later. This year is complicated by another heartbreak: the loss of her brother, Billy, who recently vanished without a trace.
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Arin Greenwood is an animal writer, novelist, and former lawyer living in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her husband, Ray, and their many pets. Arin was animal welfare editor for The Huffington Post. She now writes about dogs, cats, and other critters for The Today Show, The Dodo, The Washington Post, Slate, Creative Loafing, the American Bar Association Journal, and other publications. Arin's third novel, Your Robot Dog Will Die, will be published by Soho Teen in 2018. She is also the author of Tropical Depression and Save the Enemy.
