All of Australia's dingoes may be descended from one south - east Asian 'rubbish dog' who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. This is a story about the first dingo.<br/>It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves marries another. He takes only his spears and a 'rubbish dog', one of the scavengers from around the camp to eat if he gets hungry, or to throw to threatening sharks or crocodiles. But when a storm blows boy and dog out to sea, both must learn to survive in a strange new world as partners - and even as friends.<br/>From renowned author Jackie French comes a story about survival in our earliest times.<br/>