1. Origins

2. Critical response

3. Footnotes

4. External links

The story follows a young dog-vehicle who longs for adventure. He befriends a group of rebellious adolescent dog-vehicles (who are disliked by the citizens of the small town where they live) and an old loner mechanic. They have to choose where they stand when a renegade gang arrives and attempts to steal the town's precious gasoline resources and threatens harm.

The novel includes numerous color plates illustrated by Base picturing the characters and their individual make and model.

Base introduces the novel as if it had been told to him by his dog.

Origins

The author states that the main idea for the novel was derived from his childhood observations on the "animal intensity" of trucks and other fast-moving vehicles.^[2] During the writing process, the novel had many earlier incarnations, such as a prose picture book, a picture book in the form of a poem, and a screenplay.^[3]

Critical response

A La Trobe University review of the book is overall positive, stating that it is an entertaining, with a straightforward storyline and linear plot.^[4] The DarkEcho review notes that, since none of the dog/vehicle hybrids or other inhabitants (truck bugs, truck sheep) have limbs, one wonders how they are able to perform the more delicate tasks of running a town.^[5]

Footnotes

External links

• A Review from latrobe.edu
• Interview With Graeme Base upon the release of Truck Dogs
• Review at darkecho.com

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