Media queen Oprah Winfrey has chosen a new book for her influential book club: David Wrobleski’s debut novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” about a little boy and his beloved pup.

“The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” tells the story of one very special child, the title character, who was born mute and has invented his own sign language. The boy lives on his parents’ remote farm, in 1970s Wisconsin. It is here that he befriends a dog just as special, whose name is Almondine.

It took David Wrobleski, himself a Wisconsin native, ten years to complete his first novel but we can only guess that Oprah Winfrey’s excitement upon picking the book for her club will propagate among the public.

Announcing her 62nd choice for the book club on Friday, Winfrey described the novel as “everything you want a book to be” and said it was “right up there with the greatest American novels ever written.”

It has been proven statistically that what Oprah Winfrey chooses for her book club, then zips straight to the top of U.S. bestseller lists. Then again, her cultural project, which she launched more than a decade ago, in 1996, has two million online members.

Wrobleski, 48, said he was “proud and excited” to receive such recognition, as quoted by Reuters. “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” was first published this year by Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins.