by Roddy Doyle · SCHOLASTIC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781407139739
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«Rover Saves Christmas» is the children's adventure novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Scholastic in paperback (160 pages, in English).
It's Christmas Eve and Rudolph, Santa's reindeer, has fallen ill. With the sleigh grounded and presents undelivered, Jimmy and Robbie Mack have left twenty-seven sandwiches for Santa; the only hope is Rover, a dog who becomes the unexpected hero of a zany Christmas adventure, full of humor and with illustrations.
Second title in The Rover Adventures series. Originally published in 2001; this Scholastic edition is from 2013.
For child readers aged 7 to 9 who enjoy animal stories, zany humor, and Christmas adventures.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
