Butterworth's other writings include topics from astronomy to cars and the Vietnam war, but no dog stories, so one needs to go to other authors to look at titles related to A Member of the Family.

There are two dog stories by Jack London that will grip the reader, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. The first, White Fang, tells the story of a house pet stolen from his home, cruelly mistreated, and forced to pull a dog sled in the frozen north. White Fang, part wolf and part dog, becomes a strong sled dog, a leader and a killer of weaker dogs. A second owner, cruel Beauty Smith, turns him into a pit dog.

He is forced to fight and always wins.

Dogsong, written by Gary Paulsen, introduces the reader to Russel, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan native. Russel learns about himself and his dogs...