The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes

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Twelve-year-old Charlotte Hayes is not a dog person. She is less than thrilled about taking care of the big drooling Saint Bernard puppy her dad brought home a few months ago. But Daddys already moved on to his next project, Agnes is caught up in her first year of high school, and Mama has her hands full with Charlottes baby brother. Poor Beauregard deserves a better homeone with a family that doesnt leave him constantly chained up in the yard, and someone who actually likes giving him belly rubs. So Charlotte plans and plans. What she doesnt plan for is the unexpected: that she could end up becoming a dog person. This story about a girl, her dog, and her lovableif sometimes difficultfamily is sure to charm its way into readers hearts the same way Beauregard charms his way into Charlottes.

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"[Kennedy's] first-person, present-tense voice captures perfectly the emerging moral awareness of young teens as it comes up against the impotence of late childhood. Another fine effort." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A sweet, gentle story." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Marlane Kennedy moved to Circleville, Ohio, at age eleven. She participated in many Pumpkin Show parades as a child, but never tried growing her own giant pumpkin. But after writing Me and the Pumpkin Queen, she planted her own Howard Dill's Atlantic Giant seed and grew a 250-pounder, pictured above, that took fifth prize in her local fair. Marlane Kennedy is also the author of The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes. She lives in Wooster, Ohio, with her husband and three children.