Jagger: The Dog from Elsewhere

By Alexander Key

A magical dog falls through a portal and finds himself in Alabama

Jagger is a protector of the hunted—a great white dog who stands between the people of his village and the evils that lurk outside of it. When an earthquake splits open the ground beneath his feet, Jagger travels through space to a mysterious forest, where a deer is running for her life. To save her, he fights off a pack of vicious hounds and gets shot in the leg by a pair of hunters. As he lies bleeding in the woods, running out of hope, he cries out with his mind—and a young girl’s voice answers.
 
Nan Thornberry has always had the ability to talk to animals, but she has never met one like Jagger. She and her older brother rescue the dog and bandage his wound. In return, he will serve as their protector, guarding them against the greatest evil he has ever had to face. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Release date: Jul 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781497652644

Alexander Key

Alexander Key (1904–1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including Sprockets: A Little Robot, Mystery of the Sassafras Chair, and The Forgotten Door, winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Key’s novel Escape to Witch Mountain was adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009. 

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Reviews for Jagger

[jjmcgaffey · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A very standard Alexander Key - in this case the visitor to our world is a very large white dog named Jagger. Of course he runs into trouble with mean people, and makes friends with some good ones. I was a little worried about how many people (and others - Palamedes would have to come, of course) would be going back with Jagger, but Key solved that nicely. Enjoyable, but I don't think I'll bother to reread.