TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,Barbara TI - How to steal a dog SN - 9780312561123 (pbk.) AV - PZ7.O217 How 2009 U1 - JF .O183 2007 PY - 2009///, c2007 CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus & Giroux KW - Homeless persons KW - Fiction KW - Family problems KW - Conduct of life KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Dogs KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Dysfunctional families KW - North Carolina N1 - "Square Fish."; Includes interview with the author and excerpt from: The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis; Accelerated Reader; MG; 4.0; 5; 115455 N2 - 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 ER -