How to Steal a Dog (14 page)

Authors: Barbara O'Connor

BOOK: How to Steal a Dog

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
O'Connor, Barbara.

How to steal a dog / Barbara O'Connor.

p. cm.

Summary: Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.

[I. Homeless personsâFiction. 2. Family problemsâFiction. 3. Conduct of lifeâFiction. 4. Interpersonal relationsâFiction. 5. Brothers and sistersâFiction. 6. DogsâFiction. 7. North CarolinaâFiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.O217 How 2007
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First Square Fish Edition: 2009

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