Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog

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Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog
Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog first edition cover.
Author	Jeremy Strong
Illustrator	Rowan Clifford
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Hundred Mile an Hour Dog
Genre(s)	Children's
Publisher	Puffin Books
Publication date	January 3, 2008
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	144 pp (first edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0141323256
Preceded by	Return of The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog

Lost! The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog is a children's book by Jeremy Strong, targeted at 7-12 year olds. The main character is Streaker, a dog who can run really fast.

[edit] Sypnosis

Streaker saw a pastry van with the doors open, and so decided to become a super guard dog and protect the food from the pie-robber. Then, a man came, shut the doors, and drove off. When he opened the doors again at their destination, he didn't look so much like a robber, and Streaker ran for it. Then she found out that she was lost.

She was walking under a tree when a stray cat landed on her head. She chased it, but it stopped running and slashed out its claws. It didn't hit Streaker, and then they headed towards a town together. They found a shopping centre, and went in the back, where they saw Trevor. But, by the time they had got away from the angry mob of people (with a salami sausage,) he was nowhere to be seen. They also had to cross a river on a plank of wood, and ended up surfing.

While they were trying to find their way home, they had many encounters with 'the beast' (which was actually a cheetah) and then they met a baboon, who had escaped from a safari park. They stole someones fish and chips, and they all slept up a tree, when the beast came out of the shadows. They managed to avoid being detected by it, even when Streaker fell out the tree. then, they found the pastry van, and it took them home to the town. After that, they saw the cheetah in full daylight, and Streaker ran faster than it. The cheetah was shot with a tranquilizer gun, and Streaker got home. The cat managed to pursuage Trevor's mum to let him stay as well.