Poundies: Maisie's Great Escape

By V L Ireland

POUNDIES: Maisie's Great Escape

by V.L. Ireland

Maisie has spent her whole life in a cold kennel, bred and used until her usefulness runs out. When a sudden storm and a flash of lightning open the gate, the weary Cavalier King Charles Spaniel bolts into a world she has never known.

Rescued by a lonely elderly woman named Mabel, Maisie briefly tastes warmth, shortbread, and a name of her own. But the dog warden arrives, and Maisie is taken to the pound where forgotten dogs wait, hope fades, and time runs out.

There she meets a remarkable pack of "Poundies"

Wilbur, a proud blind Westie with a Highland memoryJasper, a trembling Jack Russell puppy who stutters when afraidBuddy, a golden Labrador with an unbreakable heartAxel, a disciplined ex-police German ShepherdBlade and Fang, scarred Staffordshire brothers haunted by their pastGenevieve, a posh foxhound who fled the huntBertie, a tiny Yorkshire Terrier who hides sadness behind jokes and tricksAnd others who each carry their own quiet wounds

Together they form an unlikely family. With the help of a streetwise tabby cat named Pixels, they plan a daring escape and set out across the countryside in search of freedom, safety, and a place to belong.

Heartfelt, funny, and full of courage, Poundies: Maisie's Great Escape is a story about the dogs who wait behind kennel doors the ones nobody hears and the extraordinary bonds that form when the voiceless finally find their pack.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1919073175
• ISBN13: 9781919073170
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: London Author House
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7