Title: The Dust of 100 Dogs
Author: A. S. King
Genre: Fantasy, YA, historical fiction, and the odd how-to for training dogs
Summary: In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain and cursed with “the dust of one hundred dogs,” dooming her to one hundred lives as a dog before returning to a human body-with her memories intact.
Now she’s a contemporary American teenager and all she needs is a shovel and a ride to Jamaica.
Wow
This book is unlike any I have ever read. Part historical romance, part fantasy, part how to train a dog, with wonderful action and flashbacks, this book has it all. Emer is a fascinating character in all of her incarnations and her insight into the behavior of others and her anecdotes on dismembering those who bother her (very creatively) are entertaining and a constant reminder of her past self. We not only see her twentieth century self trying to regain her treasure and old life, but also how she became a pirate and the events that led to her curse and demise and somehow the ending still comes as a surprise.
I highly recommend this book to any teen wanting a little adventure and mystery. It also might be good for someone with a new puppy, too.
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