A dog's life: The Autobiography of a Stray
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Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming" (Kirkus) dog story, now in paperback, with After Words bonus material.<br> <br> Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed behind someone's summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when their mother is taken from them suddenly and too soon, the puppies are forced to make their own way in the world, facing humans both gentle and brutal, busy highways, other animals, and the changing seasons. When Bone and Squirrel become separated, Squirrel must fend for herself, and in the process makes two friends who in very different ways define her fate.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780439717007
- Language
- en
- Editions
- 5
About Ann M. Martin
Ann Martin was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. She graduated from Smith College in 1978 with a double major in psychology and elementary education. She worked as a teacher and then an editor of children's books. Her first published book was Bummer Summer (1983). She is best known for her Baby-sitters Club series of children's books. In 1990, she created the Ann M. Martin Foundation, which provides grants to causes benefiting children, education and literacy programs, and homeless people and animals. She lives in Hudson Valley, New York.
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