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Dingo

Charles de Lint2008ISBN 978-0-14-240816-2

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“Ever have one of those moments when everything just kind of stops and it feels as though the wholeuniverse is focused on this one thing that’s got your attention? That’s what it’s like when I see her.”High school senior Miguel’s life is turned upside down when he meets Lainey, whose family hasmoved from Australia to a lakeside beach town outside of Newford. With her tumbled red-gold hair, herinstant understanding of who he

is,

and her unusual dog, she’s unforgettable. And as he quickly learns,she is on the run from a bargain made by her ancestors. There’s no question that Miguel will do whateverhe can to help her—but what price will each of them have to pay?

Dingo

is quintessential Charles de Lint—a mixture of darkness and hope, humor and mystery, andthe friendship within love.Charles de Lint is widely credited as having pioneered the contemporary fantasy genre with his urbanfantasy

Moon-heart.

He has been a seventeen-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award, winning in2000 for his short story collection

Moonlight and Vines;

its stories are set in de Lint’s popular fictionalcity of Newford, as are his novels

Little (Grrl) Lost

and

The Blue Girl,

and selected stories in thecollection

Waifs and Strays

(a World Fantasy Award Finalist).He has received glowing reviews and numerous other awards for his work, including, the singularhonor of having eight books chosen for the reader-selected Modern Library “Top 100 Books of theTwentieth Century.”A professional musician for more than twenty-five years, specializing, in traditional andcontemporary Celtic and American roots music, he frequently performs with his wife, MaryAnnHarris—fellow musician, artist, and kindred spirit.Charles de Lint and MaryAnn Harris live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

—

and their respective Web sitesare

www.charlesdelint

com and

www.reclectica.com.

“There is no better writer now than Charles de Lint at bringing out the magic in contemporary life.”

—

Orson Scott Card, author of

Ender’s Game

“He shows that, far from being, escapism, contemporary fantasy can be the deep mythic literature of our time.”—

Fantasy & Science Fiction

“De Lint is a romantic; he believes in the great things. faith, hope, and charity (especially if love isincluded in that last but he also believes in the power of magic—or at least the magic of fiction—to openour eyes to a larger world.”

—

Edmonton Journal

“A master storyteller, he blends Celtic, Native American, and other cultures into a seamlessmythology that resonates with magic and truth.”—

Library Journal

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Books By Charles De Lint

The Riddle of the Wren Moonheart: A RomanceThe Harp of the Grey Rose Mulenegro: A Romany TaleYarrow: An Autumn Tale Jack, the Giant Killer GreenmantleWolf MoonSvahaThe Valley of Thunder Drink Down the MoonGhostwood Angel of Darkness

(as Samuel M. Key)

The Dreaming PlaceThe Little CountryFrom a Whisper to a Scream

(as Samuel M. Key)

Spiritwalk Dreams Underfoot

(collection)

Into the Green I’ll Be Watching You

(as Samuel M. Key)

The Wild Wood Memory and DreamThe Ivory and the Horn

(collection)

Jack of KinrowanTrader Someplace to Be Flying Moonlight and Vines

(collection)

Forests of the Heart Triskell Tales: 22 Years of Chapbooks

(collection)

The Road to LisdoonvarnaThe Onion GirlSeven Wild Sisters

(illustrated by Charles Vess)

A Handful of Coppers

(collection)

Waifs and Strays

(collection)

Tapping the Dream Tree

(collection)

A Circle of Cats

(illustrated by Charles Vess)

Spirits in the Wires Medicine Road

(illustrated by Charles Vess)

The Blue GirlQuicksilver and Shadow

(collection)

The Hour Before Dawn

(collection)

Triskell Tales 2

(collection)

WiddershinsPromises to Keep

Little (Grrl) Lost Dingo

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For myAussie muso palsPaul and Julie, here’s to our next road trip for their daughter Charlotte Molly andfor the dingo girls.Jenna and Caitlin

No one likes to think it of their father,

but there are days when I can’t help but feel thatsomehow I got stuck with the biggest loser of all loser dads. It’s mostly on days like this when he’s off ona house call to buy new stock and I’m stuck minding the store.MIKE’S USED COMICS & RECORDSthe sign says above the door in paint that’s chipped and starting to fade.Okay, so he’s not a deadbeat, because ever since Mom died, he’s always made sure we have foodon the table and a roof over our heads. And some kids might think it was cool to have a dad so intocomics and music. But try living with it, day in and day out. It’s Superman this, and Spider-Man that, andwow, a Grateful Dead boot with a version of some song that they only ever played live one or two timesand never recorded officially.“Who cares?” is not something Dad hears when he’s ramped up about some hot new find.And then there’s my hand-me-down clothes. T-shirts with logos of bands I’ve never heard of—or if I have, I usually don’t like. Jeans and cords that forced me to learn how to sew so that I could takethem in and not look like a complete geek. At least I get my own shoes—I’m a size nine and he’s aneleven—and socks and underwear.I guess I’m making it sound worse than it is. It’s not

all

hand-me-downs. When we’re flush, I getnew clothes. The trouble is, too often the money that comes in goes out to cover general expenses andnew stock, and there’s nothing much left over for luxuries like a new winter jacket.But you know, there are kids who don’t even have one parent who loves them as much as Dad doesme, so I’m not really complaining. I just hate getting stuck in the store, where I have to pretend to haveas much enthusiasm as I do the knowledge I’ve picked up by osmosis.And there are benefits.The issue of

Classics Illustrated

that I need for a book report is always there, and since Dad finallycaved and started handling CDs as well as vinyl and cassettes a couple of years ago, I get my pick of current music. We have this one DJ who trades new releases for old vinyl, and she’s often got stuff thatwon’t even be available in a regular store for a couple of months. When I get tired of the disc, I just stick it back in the sales bin.And then there are the girls.At school, they don’t even look twice at me, but here in the store, the music junkies strike upconversations and hang out, listening to the classic rock music we’ve got playing in the store. I can putup with hours of the Kinks or Hendrix if I have a pretty girl to talk to while those old albums are playing.Today I’m not expecting much. It’s almost closing time, school’s been out for a couple of hours, andeverybody’s already gone home or to the mall. Downtown, Harnett’s Point isn’t exactly hopping in lateApril. It won’t get busy until the

turistas

show up for the summer.The shop is longer than it’s wide, with a counter just this side of the front door, and then bins runningdown to the back along either wall, with display racks above them, except at the back, where the newestCDs are displayed in a tall wire floor rack. Cases only, of course. We keep the actual disc behind thecounter. Beside the CD rack is the door that leads to the basement, the toilet, and the claustrophobicstorage area in the rear of the store.Classic posters hang above the racks, laminated and mounted, most of them signed. The Stones.Chuck Berry. Bonnie Raitt. Phil Ochs. Bruce Springsteen.