Bound To Stay Bound

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 How to steal a dog : a novel
 Author: O'Connor, Barbara

 Publisher:  Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux (2009)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 170 p.,  20 cm

 BTSB No: 685601 ISBN: 9780374334970
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Homeless persons -- Fiction
 Conduct of life -- Fiction
 Siblings -- Fiction
 Dogs -- Fiction
 North Carolina -- Fiction

Price: $6.55

Summary:
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.00
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 115455
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 3.90
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 41254

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (03/15/07)
   School Library Journal (+) (00/05/07)
   Booklist (03/15/07)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/06/07)
 The Hornbook (00/05/07)

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