Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0060292873 ISBN-13:   9780060292874 Publisher:   HarperCollins Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   August 2001 Pages:   112 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   8 to 12 Grades:   5 and Up
Awards
2001  Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2001  New York Times Notable Books of the Year (USA)  Winner!  2001  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year (USA)  Winner!  2002  American Library Association Notable Books for Children (USA)  Winner!  2002  Book Sense Book of the Year (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION POETRY_FICTION
Description/Notes
Quiz # (Quiz Name): 52616 (Love That Dog) Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grade Point Value: 1.0 Jack hates poetry, but he can't avoid Ms. Stretchberry's assignments. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say. "I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments -- and Jack can't avoid them. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say. With a fresh and deceptively simple style, acclaimed author Sharon Creech tells a story with enormous heart. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's point of view, Love That Dog shows how one boy finds his own voice with the help of a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog.