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How to Steal a Dog

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ISBN13: 9780312561123
ISBN10: 0312561121
Condition: Standard
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Half of me was thinking, Georgina, dont do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, youre in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.

Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is “borrow” the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected.

 
How to Steal a Dog is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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Desperate to hold her struggling family together, Georgina Hayes is inspired after she spots a poster offering a $500 reward for the return of a missing dog. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward.

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Georgina Hayes may be homeless, but shes not hopeless.
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About the Author

Barbara O’Connor is the author of several notable books for children, including Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia and Me and Rupert Goody, an ALA Notable Book. Her next book, The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis, will be available from FSG in Fall 2009. She was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, and now lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
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Obob, December 11, 2012 (view all comments by Obob)
This a sad yet amazing heartwarming story about a dog and a theif who is a good person inside and at the end reveals that.
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This a sad yet amazing heartwarming story about a dog and a theif who is a good person inside and at the end reveals that.
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This book shows that people will go and try to do anything to save people they love. That when people are desperate enough, they will go to those standards. That people whose lives have been ruined that they can forgive those who have hurt them, then help them.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312561123
Author:
Oconnor, Barbara
Publisher:
Square Fish
Author:
O'Connor, Barbara
Subject:
Situations / Values
Subject:
Social Issues - Values
Subject:
Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Subject:
Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty
Subject:
Family - General
Subject:
Homeless persons
Subject:
Dogs
Subject:
Animals - Dogs
Subject:
Social Issues/Homelessness
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Virtues
Subject:
Social Issues/Self-Esteem
Subject:
Self-reliance
Subject:
Social Issues - Values & Virtues
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Values and Virtues
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Copyright:
2009
Edition Description:
Middle-Grade Fiction
Publication Date:
20090431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 3 to 7
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.67 x 5.2 x 0.51 in
Age Level:
08-12
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Product details 192 pages Square Fish - English 9780312561123 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Desperate to hold her struggling family together, Georgina Hayes is inspired after she spots a poster offering a $500 reward for the return of a missing dog. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward.
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Georgina Hayes may be homeless, but shes not hopeless.
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