How to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O'Connor
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Author: Barbara O'ConnorEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-20
ISBN: 0374334978
Number of pages: 176
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Book Review: Full of heart
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked this one. Georgina is desperate; it seems like her overwhelmed mother will never keep her promises to her children, after their father leaves and they are forced to live in their car. Georgina is tired of sleeping in the car, never having her homework, fearing that her classmates will find out. So she naively hatches her plan--steal a dog, then claim the reward. She is too young and hopeful to imagine what could go wrong, but it all does. And she struggles with guilt--for lying, for hurting those she starts to care about: the dog Willie and Carmella, his owner. As she struggles with the problems she has created, and talks with a homeless man who tries to help her, with his help she sees that "Sometimes the trail you leave behind is more important then the path ahead of you." Yes, there are troubling moral issues here, but that's an opportunity to discuss: is it wrong to act badly under bad circumstances? What else could she have done? What would you have done in her place? As a librarian and a mom, I can see a lot of potential for considering people less fortunate than most of us, and for talking about choices and consequences. I plan to read this one to my three kids, ages 8-12.
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