Dog Diaries: Mission ImPAWsible, byJames Patterson (Jimmy Patterson Books - Little, Brown and Company, 2020, $9.99, 192pp, hardcover, book 3 in a series of 7)
The Dog Does it Again!
Writes the book, I mean. And cleverly, to boot! Junior, dog, lives with his furless pet human friend, his sister Jawjaw (Georgia) and Mom-Lady and goes on and on about his antics. One day he translates that the family is going on vacation to Hollywood which causes Junior no end of excitement when he hears he is going too. And later, the rest of the dog neighborhood.
What transpires is dreams of making it big in Hollywood and the excitement is palpable.
Until the big day comes and results in vegetables galore until finally the dogs come home and make Junior's kennel (house) their own, redecorating it at will.
Creative Vocabulary
Jawjaw had me perplexed until I read the glossary in the back. Other words-at-play or misconstrued include picture box, comfy squishy thing, food room, sleep room, and chatty-ear-stick (we missed this one) and more. Fortunately the reader will find a guide to Doglish in the back of the book, along with a word search and a maze.
However, the creativity became a little contrived about a third of the way in and resorted to slap-stick humor. Your middle-school reader will love it and may just read the book as fast as he can turn the pages. Fortunately, there are six more in this series of dog books.
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