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A review by lizaroo71
Everything for a Dog by Ann M. Martin
4.0
bone is the dog in this story. he and his sister squirrel are born in a shed one the property of a family that doesn't like animals. his mother protects the pups until they are old enough to be on their own. once that day arrives, she vanishes.
bone and squirrel decide to leave the property and venture into the real world. they are picked up by a couple that doesn't particularly like dogs and after making a mess in the kitchen, the dogs are dumped in an empty parking lot. it is here that the two pups get separated. squirrel's life is chronicled in [b:A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray|343718|A Dog's Life Autobiography of a Stray|Ann M. Martin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173907364s/343718.jpg|1397270].
this is bone's story.
bone makes his way to a small town and lives on the fringes of the city surviving on scraps from trash cans and hunting. it is in this town that he encounters henry, a boy of ten that has wanted a dog his whole life. for reasons unknown to henry, his parents forbid him to have one.
we also get the tale of charlie who lives on a farm with his parents and brother RJ. RJ has a dog sunny. one summer afternoon, RJ falls from a tree. his injuries are fatal. after RJ dies, sunny helps bring the family together and overcome the loss. charlie never quite gets over the loss of his brother and the guilt associated with it.
these stories of these three converge in unexpected ways. well, perhaps not so unexpected, but it is still interesting to see how martin ties the threads together.
any book about dogs is good with me. and this one is heartfelt and sincere.
bone and squirrel decide to leave the property and venture into the real world. they are picked up by a couple that doesn't particularly like dogs and after making a mess in the kitchen, the dogs are dumped in an empty parking lot. it is here that the two pups get separated. squirrel's life is chronicled in [b:A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray|343718|A Dog's Life Autobiography of a Stray|Ann M. Martin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173907364s/343718.jpg|1397270].
this is bone's story.
bone makes his way to a small town and lives on the fringes of the city surviving on scraps from trash cans and hunting. it is in this town that he encounters henry, a boy of ten that has wanted a dog his whole life. for reasons unknown to henry, his parents forbid him to have one.
we also get the tale of charlie who lives on a farm with his parents and brother RJ. RJ has a dog sunny. one summer afternoon, RJ falls from a tree. his injuries are fatal. after RJ dies, sunny helps bring the family together and overcome the loss. charlie never quite gets over the loss of his brother and the guilt associated with it.
these stories of these three converge in unexpected ways. well, perhaps not so unexpected, but it is still interesting to see how martin ties the threads together.
any book about dogs is good with me. and this one is heartfelt and sincere.