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Book Reviews of How to Steal a Dog

How to Steal a Dog
How to Steal a Dog
Author: Barbara O'Connor
ISBN-13: 9780374334970
ISBN-10: 0374334978
Publication Date: 3/20/2007
Pages: 176
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Book Type: Hardcover
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5 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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Helpful Score: 2
This book was a bit slow in places. Her journal entries in each chapter didn't hold the interest of the reader. I believe the author was trying to teach a moral leason but fell way short by writting about a child who believes it is ok to solve your problems through crime depending on your situation in life.
jaxt avatar reviewed How to Steal a Dog on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara OConnor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see whats right when everything else seems wrong.
reviewed How to Steal a Dog on + 2 more book reviews
This was a great story about choices - right and wrong. It taught others to not always think of themselves and that no one's life is as good as it may seem on the outside.
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Life is getting harder and harder for Georgina. She is living in a car with her mama and brother and finding out what it means to be an outcast. Then she meets a cute dog and decides she can play a dirty trick on this new friend - hold him for ransom. That's when everything really gets difficult.

This is going to be a classic. Georgina and her Greek Tragedy problem will appeal to children and parents - and make the reader (if not already having to live in a car) squirm and question their own position in life.
zuzureyna avatar reviewed How to Steal a Dog on
Wonderful book, sad story, but powerful lessons and lovable characters.