Sunday, June 8, 2008

How to Steal a Dog

How to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O'Connor
Frances Foster Books (2007)
Interest Level: ages 9 and up

Category: Fiction
Type: Novel
Summary:
Georgina Hayes desperatly wants to live in a regular house just like she and her brother and mother did before her father walked out on them. After she sees a flyer for a $500.oo reward for a lost dog, Georgina comes up with a plan. She is going to steal a dog. What happens next? You'll have to read this book to see if everything works out as she plans.
Online Connections:
1. Author website: http://www.barboconnor.com/
2. Author Barbara O'Connor discusses this book: www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_o/oconnor.html
Book Connection:
1. Taking Care of Moses by Barbara O'Connor
2. Moonpie and Ivy by Barbara O'Connor
Keywords: dogs, family problems, homeless persons, brothers and sisters, North Carolina

1 comment:

Kirsten Murphy said...

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