Allan Stratton's The Dogs

“The Dogs” is an eerie and unnatural psychological thriller, with an elaborate storyline filled with many complex characters and a very baffling mysterious murder. Written by Allan Stratton, an acclaimed internationally published playwright and author. Allan Stratton awards include a Michael L. Printz Honor award, multiple ALA picks, and the Independent Publisher Book Award.
“The Dogs” is one of Allan Stratton’s most desired and demanded book, as a result, an abundant of reviewers have read it, ranging in both age and gender. As the readers are vast and different, they all would have a different take on this book. The picture on the front cover is truly admirable; as it’s very somber and gloomy colours, as well as the precisely detailed textures,
Without this fear factor, the book wouldn’t have been the same, for example, they wouldn’t have moved into this house if Cameron’s mother wasn’t terrified of his abusive dad. Multitudinous readers feel like the fear factor is appropriate because that’s what gives the book an exhilarating
Cameron is the boy that lives with his mother who are trying to escape his abusive dad. Cameron is a very lonely, hardworking person and is a liar. Cameron is a lonely person because he doesn’t talk to anyone. On page 24 it says, “I dump my trash in the garbage, lock myself in a bathroom stall down the hall and rest my feet on the edge of the lid so no one’ll know I’m here” this proves two things, one, he doesn’t talk to anyone and two is the he doesn’t have to be noticed. This shows that he doesn’t talk to anyone because it states that he just left, which means that he doesn’t try to make friends or talk to anybody. On page 19 it also states that, “He glances my way. “ Hey you’re new”…”I’m Benjie Dalbert.” “Cameron Weaver.” I check a fingernail and hope it’s the end of the conversation”. This supports the fact the Cameron doesn’t want to talk to anyone because, like the quote said, Cameron does things to avoid any sort of interaction, such as looking at a fingernail or solely walking away. The second thing is present because it says that he put his feet up so no one can see him, therefore he is trying to avoid contact with others. Page 20 says, “I try not to breathe. “It’s more like a town outside of Calgary. I just say Calgary because people have heard of it. ”Stop talking to me, Benjie. Please stop talking to