How to Steal a Dog

How to Steal a Dog

By Barbara O'Connor

70 ratings 71 reviews 124 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 5T434585

Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don't do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you're in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.

Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected.

With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O'Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what's right when everything else seems wrong.

How to Steal a Dog is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Publisher: Square Fish
Published on 4/27/2009
Binding: Paperback

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The book How To Steal A Dog by Barbra O'Conner is a great book if you like stories with surprises. This book is about a family that lives in a car and they do not have a home. And the kids decide to steal a dog. If you want to know more then you will have to read the book. I would give it a five star rating. Happy reading!

I love funny looking books that also are about animals so I.chose.this. Hahaha I also kinda think that how to steel a dog is intreaging so I was like well why not see what it says about it 😂 sorry for spelling errors I burnt my finger and yhea. So I used all my words but

This is a good book for fifth grades because the vocabulary is easy but challenging so this is a great book for every grade it has a engrossing story you feel the characters struggles and the book is just amazing. 4 stars

Elizabeth Elizabeth

i like this book because mealdoy is like me sometimes

Because it's such a humor book . she is a good character and she have lots of feelings in this book and it give so much details .

This story teaches you the plain "wrong" from just plain WRONG. I read this book a while ago, but I really liked it. It also teaches you that sometimes things aren't what they seem.

Angelica Angelica

this is a great book its a wonderful story i mean how do these people write these books how ever they did they need to keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Landon Landon

want it

Book was so good and funny and funny and funny and funny and funny it was really really really really funny and I really really

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