How To Steal a Dog is told from the point of view of a young girl. It is the story of her family's (single mom and little brother) struggles, which include homelessness, poverty and living in their car. Georgina, our young heroine, sees a reward sign for a lost dog. She misguidedly thinks that if she steals a dog, waits for the reward sign to go up, and returns the dog, she will get enough money to give her mom a down payment for an apartment.
Clearly, this doesn't work out. The owner of the dog Georgina steals is not much better off than they are. Even though from the curb the house looked like it would have an affluent owner, it turns out the woman is struggling nearly as much as Georgina and her family, which fills Georgia with guilt. While trying to keep her homelessness a secret from her friends and holding a dog hostage, Georgina tries to pretend to all that everything is just fine. This book explores this journey, and is mainly about Georgina's conscience and doing the right thing. We root for Georgina, and want her to do the right thing (she does), but there are a lot of gray areas along the way. This makes for a wonderful discussion about ethics and values.
The main characters in "How to Steal a Dog" by Barbara O'Connor are Georgina Hayes, her mom and brother, and a homeless man named Mookie. The story follows Georgina's plan to steal a dog in order to get a reward and buy back the home that they were evicted from.
How to Steal a Dog is a frank, unwavering look at issues facing many Americans today: homelessness,
unemployment and a single parent home. And, brilliantly, it's a children's book.
• The character development is in-depth and the issues they are facing are large. It is an excellent example of
narrative writing, really well-written.
• While the actual difficulty of the text would probably fall into the Reader SR reading level, we have bumped it up to
the Independent JR level due to the content.
• The content is real and raw and it happens to someone their own age, so you just want to monitor this book when
you put it into a young reader's hands, checking in periodically to make sure they are feeling ok about the story.
• This book makes a wonderful book club selection for parent/child book clubs.
Sweet Book Summary:
How To Steal a Dog is told from the point of view of a young girl. It is the story of her family's (single mom and little brother) struggles, which include homelessness, poverty and living in their car. Georgina, our young heroine, sees a reward sign for a lost dog. She misguidedly thinks that if she steals a dog, waits for the reward sign to go up, and returns the dog, she will get enough money to give her mom a down payment for an apartment.
Clearly, this doesn't work out. The owner of the dog Georgina steals is not much better off than they are. Even though from the curb the house looked like it would have an affluent owner, it turns out the woman is struggling nearly as much as Georgina and her family, which fills Georgia with guilt. While trying to keep her homelessness a secret from her friends and holding a dog hostage, Georgina tries to pretend to all that everything is just fine. This book explores this journey, and is mainly about Georgina's conscience and doing the right thing. We root for Georgina, and want her to do the right thing (she does), but there are a lot of gray areas along the way. This makes for a wonderful discussion about ethics and values.
georgina mom louanne willy ,toby yoyo mama
I don't know exactly, but personally that's an AMAZING book, so if your looking for a book to read it's a great book. If I had to estimate, about 150-200 :)
it takes place in a car
Everey
In the movie "How to Steal a Dog," the main character's dog is a mixed breed, but appears to possibly have some characteristics of a terrier or miniature schnauzer.
She does give the dog back. But she does not get the reward. Good book though, still has a happy ending.
Maybe 300?
in a car, abondend house, cafe, and apartments
It depends on what school you're at. At Parkside it is.
Steal This Book was created in 1971.
Georgina - She steals a dog, has a brother Louanne - Friend of Georgina, Kind of nosey and follows georgina to the car one day Willy - the dog Georgina steals Brother - Mom -
The Art of the Steal - book - was created in 2002.
Old yeller and Lassie are main characters in books. So yes they can.
Steal this book is by Abbie Hoffman. The paperback has 352 pages. The hardcover has 334 pages.
In the book "How to Steal a Dog," Georgina's best friend is Luanne. Luanne is a supportive friend who helps Georgina navigate her difficult circumstances.
The ISBN of Steal This Book is 1-56858-053-3.