The Resource How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
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Resource Information
The item How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 170 p.
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Isbn
- 9780545104425
- Label
- How to steal a dog
- Title
- How to steal a dog
- Statement of responsibility
- by Barbara O'Connor
- Title variation
- How to steal a dog
- Subject
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- trueRight and wrong
- trueSmall towns -- North Carolina
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDognapping
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueFather-deserted families
- trueGirls
- Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHomelessness
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMoney-making projects
- trueMoney-making projects for girls
- trueNorth Carolina
- North Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Award
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- Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2010.
- South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2009.
- Surrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2011.
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Third-Fifth Grade, 2010.
- Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2011.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 165238
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Connor, Barbara
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.O217
- LC item number
- How 2007
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 3
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Homeless persons
- Conduct of life
- Brothers and sisters
- Dogs
- Interpersonal relations
- North Carolina
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 170 p.
- Isbn
- 9780545104425
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2005-40166
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62134796
- Label
- How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 170 p.
- Isbn
- 9780545104425
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2005-40166
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62134796
Subject
- trueRight and wrong
- trueSmall towns -- North Carolina
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDognapping
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueFather-deserted families
- trueGirls
- Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHomelessness
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMoney-making projects
- trueMoney-making projects for girls
- trueNorth Carolina
- North Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
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- trueSouth Carolina Book Awards: Children's Books
- trueWilliam Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas): Third-Fifth Grade Winners
- trueYoung Hoosier Book Award: Intermediate Books
- truePrairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota)
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2007
- trueSurrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2010.
- Award
- South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2009.
- Award
- Surrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2011.
- Award
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Third-Fifth Grade, 2010.
- Award
- Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2011.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
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