Desperate to hold her struggling family together, Georgina Hayes is inspired after she spots a poster offering a $500 reward for the return of a missing dog.
This title has Common Core connections..
How to Steal a Dog is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children\'s Book of the Year.
What happens next is the last thing she expected.
All she has to do is borrow the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward.
When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach.
And she has her heart set on improving their situation.
With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby.
Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car.
Georgina Hayes is desperate.
The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you\'re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.
Stealing a dog is just plain wrong.
Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don\'t do this.
All she has to do is borrow the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward.
Desperate to hold her struggling family together, Georgina Hayes is inspired after she spots a poster offering a $500 reward for the return of a missing dog
