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Nothing Wrong with a Three-Legged Dog

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By Graham McNamee
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Yearling)
Nothing Wrong with a Three-Legged Dog
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A heartwarming middlegrade novel about friendship, family, and dogs. Keath and his best friend Lynda are in the fourth grade. Some kids call Lynda Zebra, because her mothers black and her fathers white. And Keath is Whitey. Hes vanilla in a chocolate school where Toothpick, a bully, has it in for him. Lynda and Keath both love dogs. When Keath grows up, he wants to be a golden retriever. Dogs dont care about what color is the right one. Dogs dont hate anybody. Their favorite dog is Leftovers, Lyndas threelegged beagle. When he got hurt, his first owners gave up on him, but Lynda and Keath turn him into a winner, a pooch that shows Keath that sometimes its good to stand out, to be special, and that even when you look different, there are ways to fit in.

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24679 words24,679 words
144 pages144 pages
Lexile 590LLexile 590L
Grade 3 to 6Grade 3 to 6
Published 2002Published 2002

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