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O'Connor, Barbara.

How to steal a dog / Barbara O'Connor. - 1st Square Fish ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009, c2007. - 170 p. ; 20 cm.

"Square Fish." Includes interview with the author and excerpt from: The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis.

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. Forced to live in the family car after her father leaves, Georgina persuades her younger brother to help her in a scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming a reward.



ISBN: 9780312561123 (pbk.) 0312561121 (pbk.) 9780606143585 (Turtleback) 0606143580 (Turtleback)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
North Carolina--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.O217 / How 2009

Dewey Class. No.: JF .O183 2007