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    Rascal: Lost in the Caves
    Rascal: Lost in the Caves
    Rascal: Lost in the Caves
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    Rascal: Lost in the Caves

    By Chris Cooper and James de la Rue

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    A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Michael Morpurgo.

    This is the story of one brave dog's journey home.

    Rascal isn't the bravest dog in the world. His playful nature sometimes gets him into trouble. Luckily his owner Joel is always there to stand up for him. But when exploring on holiday puts them in great danger, Rascal knows that only he can save his best friend.

    Packed with entertaining illustrations from James De La Rue. Fans of Morpurgo's Shadow will love this.

    Have you collected all of Rascal's adventures?

    Rascal: Lost in the Caves

    Rascal: Trapped on the Tracks

    Rascal: Running for his Life

    Rascal: Facing the Flames

    Rascal: Swept Beneath the Waters

    Rascal: Racing Against Time

    Chris Cooper is the pen name of Paul Shipton, who grew up in Manchester and went to university in Cambridge. He spent several years teaching English as a foreign language and lived in Istanbul for a year.

    Paul then moved into publishing, working on science activity books and primary school English materials. He published his first book, Zargon Zoo in 1991. Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He, his wife and two daughters, now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMay 7, 2015
    ISBN9781780316666
    Rascal: Lost in the Caves
    Author

    Chris Cooper

    Chris Cooper is a Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism.

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      Book preview

      Rascal - Chris Cooper

      Collect all of Rascal’s adventures:

        RASCAL: LOST IN THE CAVES

          RASCAL: TRAPPED ON THE TRACKS

          RASCAL: RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE

          RASCAL: FACING THE FLAMES

          RASCAL: SWEPT BENEATH THE WATERS

          RASCAL: RACING AGAINST TIME

      First published in Great Britain in 2015

      by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2002 Chris Cooper

      Illustration copyright © 2015 James de la Rue

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2015

      ISBN: 9781405275118

      Ebook ISBN: 9781780316666

      www.egmont.co.uk

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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      For Megan Louise

      CONTENTS

      Cover

      Front series promotional page

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      CHAPTER 1

      CHAPTER 2

      CHAPTER 3

      CHAPTER 4

      CHAPTER 5

      CHAPTER 6

      CHAPTER 7

      CHAPTER 8

      Back series promotional page

      CHAPTER 1

      CHAPTER 1

      It all started with the big dog’s bone.

      Rascal could smell it before he saw it, of course. The smell was coming from the other side of a line of trees. He froze for a second, sniffing the air. As usual, there were new smells all over this place, but that bone was the best of all. Rascal followed his nose, making his way through the cluster of trees. His master, Joel, was somewhere back along the path. He wouldn’t mind if Rascal did a little exploring for a minute or two!

      Rascal cleared the trees and there it was on the grass – a nice big bone, the kind with the marrow in the middle. It was resting under one heavy paw of a sleeping dog. A big sleeping dog.

      Rascal padded forwards. The big dog was snoozing outside a wooden holiday cabin. It was small, just like the one Rascal was staying in with Joel and his family. He could hear people’s voices from inside the cabin, but nobody came out.

      Rascal wagged his tail in eager excitement. He forced himself not to run too fast. That would spoil the fun! When he was close enough, he dropped to his belly and slid forwards. The sleeping dog let out a tiny noise – half grunt, half bark – that seemed to die in the back of its throat. It was probably dreaming about chasing cats.

      Rascal inched on. He carefully placed his jaws

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