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How to steal a dog : a novel / by Barbara O'Connor. |
| Authors: | O'Connor, Barbara. |
| Call number: | jFIC OCO |
| Publisher: | New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. |
| Publication date: | 2007. |
| Subject: |
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction. Conduct of life -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Dogs -- Fiction. Juvenile literature. North Carolina -- Fiction. |
| Title: | How to steal a dog : a novel / by Barbara O'Connor. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 170 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Notes: | "Frances Foster books." |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Awards note: | Young Hoosier Book Award, 2010-2011, 4-6 Nominee. |
| ISBN: | 9780374334970 (hc.) 0374334978 (hc.) 9780545154420 (Scholastic pbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2005040166 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1099932 |
| Bib No.: | 1099932 |