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A novel by Diana Wynne Jones. The guiding spirit of the star Sirius is framed of a crime and sentenced to reincarnation on Earth, in the form of a dog, unless he can come up with the murder weapon (which also happens to be a very powerful MacGuffin).

Tropes used in Dogsbody include:

A Boy and His X: Kathleen and Sirius—at least from her perspective.
Abusive Parents: Duffy.
Baleful Polymorph: Sirius as dog
Bittersweet Ending: See Death by Newbery Medal, below. Sirius achieves his goals and he finds a better home for Kathleen, but the two are separated, possibly forever.
Cats Are Mean: Starts off this way, but they do mellow out part way through the story.
Cool Old Lady: Mrs. Smith
Death by Newbery Medal: Sirius (again, from Kathleen's perspective--he actually becomes a star again, but he leaves behind his dog-body as a corpse and it's clear that she thinks of him as dead).
Evil Matriarch: Duffy
Friend to All Living Things: Kathleen
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Kathleen's cousins.
MacGuffin: The Zoi.
Orphan's Ordeal: Kathleen's story, especially after her father dies because of his escape from prison.
Our Angels Are Different: Though they are called 'Luminaries' and rule planets, Sirius and his lot are winged celestial beings from a higher plane of existance.
The Troubles: Kathleen's father is an imprisoned member of the IRA.
The Wild Hunt: Sirius in his dog incarnation turns out to be related to them.

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 A novel by [[Diana Wynne Jones]]. The guiding spirit of the star Sirius is framed of a crime and sentenced to reincarnation on Earth, in the form of a dog, unless he can come up with the murder weapon (which also happens to be a very powerful [[MacGuffin]]).
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+* [[A Boy and His X]]: Kathleen and Sirius—at least from her perspective.
-* [[A Boy and His X]]: Kathleen and Sirius--at least from her perspective.
 * [[Abusive Parents]]: Duffy.
 * [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Sirius as dog
-* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: See [[Death By Newbery Medal]], below.  {{spoiler|Sirius achieves his goals and he finds a better home for Kathleen, but the two are separated, possibly forever.}}
+* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: See [[Death by Newbery Medal]], below.  {{spoiler|Sirius achieves his goals and he finds a better home for Kathleen, but the two are separated, possibly forever.}}
 * [[Cats Are Mean]]: Starts off this way, but they do mellow out part way through the story.
 * [[Cool Old Lady]]: Mrs. Smith
-* [[Death By Newbery Medal]]:  {{spoiler|Sirius (again, from Kathleen's perspective--he actually becomes a star again, but he leaves behind his dog-body as a corpse and it's clear that she thinks of him as dead)}}.
+* [[Death by Newbery Medal]]:  {{spoiler|Sirius (again, from Kathleen's perspective--he actually becomes a star again, but he leaves behind his dog-body as a corpse and it's clear that she thinks of him as dead)}}.
 * [[Evil Matriarch]]: Duffy
 * [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Kathleen
-* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Kathleen's cousins.
+* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Kathleen's cousins.
 * [[MacGuffin]]: The Zoi.
 * [[Orphan's Ordeal]]: Kathleen's story, especially after  {{spoiler|her father dies because of his escape from prison}}.