![]() It takes him a good amount of time to figure this out, however, as he has the limited mental capacity and overriding instincts of this new form. ![]() ![]() Surprisingly, especially to him, he is reincarnated not as a human but as a newborn puppy. For reasons that are initially unclear, he is banished specifically to the planet where the murder weapon, a quite valuable and powerful unit of elementary force, is suspected to have landed. He is convicted of assault and murder, but because the evidence is circumstantial, and because he is Quite Important, he is banished rather than sentenced to death. ![]() The story starts, somewhat abruptly, with the murder trial of the star Sirius, one of the more powerful stars in the local cluster. Despite these aspects, it is a fairly inoffensive book, and is generally suitable for middle school children. Dogsbody is a children's fantasy novel, although some libraries may place it in the YA or adult sections, presumably because it uses the word ' bitch' for a female dog and does not avoid the subjects of dogs in heat or the sometimes incestuous relations within the canine world. ![]()
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