{"product_id":"the-shiba-force-the-dulling-paperback","title":"The Shiba Force - The Dulling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLamont Spence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething on the farm is going quiet, one small surrender at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiChi has a new home and no idea how to fit inside it. The Blue Ridge farm belongs to Redd, and to Hank, who is still learning how to be helped. She is the newest dog here. The others think she is slow, because she keeps stopping to count things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is how she is the first one to see the dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt falls out of empty air. It settles on shoulders and shelves and on the stories nobody quite gets around to telling. Where it gathers, sound goes small and color goes dim. First came the dust. Then the silence. Then the Dulling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dulling never frightens anyone. That is what makes it dangerous. It offers. A quieter room. An easier day. A smaller self. One by one the people and dogs ChiChi loves begin agreeing to be a little bit less, and nobody notices, because every step down looks like kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour bells have to answer along one unbroken path: pasture, porch, doorway, house. Every note has to be honestly chosen. No dog can ring another dog's bell. And the dog standing in the doorway is the one who most wants to keep it closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about starting over, and about loving someone so carefully that you forget to let them decide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for any child who has walked into a room where everyone already knows each other. It is also a book for the grown-up reading over their shoulder, for anyone who has cared for someone they love and slowly, kindly, taken their choices away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen original interior illustrations. An Author's Note written for young readers and grown-ups alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Five of The Shiba Force. An illustrated chapter book for readers 8 to 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46083669098631,"sku":"9798951472120","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/n4RT421Mjn9798951472120.webp?v=1791471058","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-shiba-force-the-dulling-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}