Welcome back to school for another great year! I have been really happy to see so many of you in the library before school. Thanks to all of you that sent postcards to the library this summer. It has been great to see where everyone went, and to hear about all the great books you have been reading. The library just got a large new shipment of books, and all new fiction for grade 5-8 are one display on the shelves over the magazines. You are welcome to come in and check them out at any time.
I read a lot of great books over the summer, and in the next couple of weeks I am will be sharing them with you. This weeks book was actually published 3 years ago, but it had just came to my attention this summer. It was recommended to me by my niece, who is in the 8th grade this year, so I thought I would give it a read. "How to Steal a Dog" is a wonderful story. Georgina's family has been evicted from their apartment, and now is living in their car. This is uncomfortable and embarrassing to Georgina and she is willing to do anything to help her family make the money it needs to move into a house of their own. Even steal a dog, and turn it in for reward money. The characters in this book are wonderful and very believable, and you find yourself pulled into the story. No worries, there is a happy ending!
From School Library Journal:
Georgina and her family have been living in their car since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment. Mama is working two jobs to earn rent money and trying hard to hold things together. Desperate to help out, Georgina decides to steal a dog for the reward money, laying out the details of her plan in a diary. However, the dog's owner can't afford to offer a reward, and Georgina ends up feeling sorry for the lonely woman. The girl also makes friends with another adult named Mookie, a kindhearted wanderer who is camped out at the abandoned house where she is keeping the dog. He shares his wisdom and offers help, whether she wants it or not.
