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A Home for Dakota
Contributor(s): Grover, Jan Zita (Author), Lane, Nancy (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0940719363     ISBN-13: 9780940719361
Publisher: Gryphon Press
OUR PRICE:   $8.06  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2016
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
Dewey: E
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.6" W x 9.4" (0.30 lbs) 24 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 147906
Reading Level: 3.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Winner of the Humane Society of the United States Youth KIND Award, best children's picture book of the year, 2009

From the touching cover illustration to the playful depictions of Dakota on the endpapers, this empathetic tale of a puppy-mill dog will resonate with animal lovers.-- School Library Journal

After rescue, Dog No. 241 finds herself in a warm, secure foster home, with a woman named Emma who names her Dakota. Eventually, a young girl, Sweetie, who is recovering from a misfortune as deep as Dakota's own, adopts Dakota and they become partners in recovery.