Lost! A Dog Called Bear, by Wendy Orr (Macmillan, 2011, $5.99, 128pp PB, 7-10 years, grades 3-4)
Bear, A Funny Name for a Border Collie
Logan's parents are splitting up - his dad taking Bear, the dog, to a new and very small town, while Logan is going to live with his mom in the city. Also in the city, Hannah has wanted a dog all her life and thinks she could be a dog walker.
One day, Hannah finds a dog in the back of her dad's truck so they take the dog to the shelter and Hannah starts to volunteer.
Find out how Logan and Hannah meet: they also "live" in the next book, Discovered! along with the Rainbow Street Shelter (actually there are six books in the series but only two are dog books).
A Knack for Writing
Author Wendy Orr certainly has a knack for writing children's books that are also great (short) stories for adults. She has that magic touch, whether it is the plot that is so believable or the characters who seem real or merely the sentences that are well put together. And there are twists at the end of chapters that keep you wanting to go on and finish the book.
Bring in a guinea pig and a litter of new puppies, and you have a children's book that could be made into a much longer book for teens.
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