My Dog Skip - Willie Morris

This classic story of a boy and a dog growing up in small-town America by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willie Morris is written with the gentle wisdom of an E.B. White and the eternal youth of a Huck Finn (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). nNow a major motion picture form Warner Brothers, starring Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Frankie Muniz, and Eddie from the TV show Frasier (as Skip), and produced by Mark Johnson (Rain Man). nIn 1943 in a sleepy town on the banks of the Yazoo River, a boy fell in love with a puppy with a lively gait and an intellingent way of listening. The two grew up together having the most wonderful adventures. A classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America, My Dog Skip belongs on the same shelf as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Russell Baker's Growing Up. It will enchant readers of all ages for years to come.n