Gus, by Ellen Miles (Scholastic, $4.99, 2015, 96pp PB, ages 7-10, one of 71 titles in The Puppy Place series) Review by Skye Anderson
Two Intersecting Stories
A dog walker's club of four girls is in turmoil because all of them want to be president.
A mom of one of the girls who is not a dog person - that is, until Gus arrives as an energetic foster puppy and, in order to decide who can adopt Gus, Lizzie, brother Charles and Baby Bean decide to have an essay contest to select the best family for Gus.
A surprise ending, which the astute girl (or boy) reader can guess. . . .
Lizzie's Family Fosters
Lizzie's family has one puppy and fosters other puppies until they find the best forever home for them. But who appears on the scene but Gus who steals Mom's heart, surreptitiously. So, Houston, we have a problem. Can the family continue to foster dogs if they adopt Gus? Not likely plus they are in the process of selecting Gus' family even as we speak.
Author Ellen Miles tries to instill in the reader gentle, positive reward training tips and she succeeds to a certain extent, having written at least 40 books, among them the third in the Puppy Place series - Shadow
and Rascal, number four in the Puppy Place series.
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