The Resource How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
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The item How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alexandria-Monroe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Square Fish ed.
- Extent
- 170 pages, 11 unnumbered page
- Note
- Additional pages include: Questions for the author and excerpt from Barbara O'Connor's book: The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis
- Isbn
- 9780312561123
- Label
- How to steal a dog
- Title
- How to steal a dog
- Statement of responsibility
- by Barbara O'Connor
- Title variation
- How to steal a dog
- Subject
-
- trueRight and wrong
- trueSmall towns -- North Carolina
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- trueDognapping
- Dogs -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Fiction
- trueFather-deserted families
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGirls
- Homeless persons -- Fiction
- trueHomelessness
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueMoney-making projects
- trueMoney-making projects for girls
- trueNorth Carolina
- North Carolina -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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
- Award
-
- Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2010.
- South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2009.
- Surrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2011.
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Third-Fifth Grade, 2010.
- Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2011.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
- Awards note
- Young Hoosier Book Award Winner, 2010-2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 165238
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Connor, Barbara
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- 700
- 700L
- Intended audience source
-
- Lexile
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.O217
- LC item number
- How 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 700
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 3
- 7
- Reading level
- 4.0
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Homeless persons
- Family problems
- Conduct of life
- Interpersonal relations
- Brothers and sisters
- Dogs
- North Carolina
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
- Note
- Additional pages include: Questions for the author and excerpt from Barbara O'Connor's book: The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18299836
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- 1st Square Fish ed.
- Extent
- 170 pages, 11 unnumbered page
- Isbn
- 9780312561123
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn251210357
- (OCoLC)251210357
- Label
- How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
- Note
- Additional pages include: Questions for the author and excerpt from Barbara O'Connor's book: The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18299836
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- 1st Square Fish ed.
- Extent
- 170 pages, 11 unnumbered page
- Isbn
- 9780312561123
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn251210357
- (OCoLC)251210357
Subject
- trueRight and wrong
- trueSmall towns -- North Carolina
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- trueDognapping
- Dogs -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Fiction
- trueFather-deserted families
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGirls
- Homeless persons -- Fiction
- trueHomelessness
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueMoney-making projects
- trueMoney-making projects for girls
- trueNorth Carolina
- North Carolina -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
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- truePrairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota)
- trueYoung Hoosier Book Award: Intermediate Books
- trueWilliam Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas): Third-Fifth Grade Winners
- trueSurrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia)
- trueSouth Carolina Book Awards: Children's Books
- truePoverty
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2007
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- Award
- Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2010.
- Award
- South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2009.
- Award
- Surrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2011.
- Award
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Third-Fifth Grade, 2010.
- Award
- Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2011.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
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