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Before You Were Mine
By Boelts, Maribeth & Walker, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39924-526-8
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam, c2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2007
PreS-Gr 2 Boelts does an outstanding job of exploring the adoption of a rescued dog from a shelter. An unnamed boy whose family takes in this sweet-looking pet describes what the animal's life might have been like "before you were mine." The child wonders if his dog was loved, but too mischievous for the previous owners, or if they moved into a "no dogs allowed" apartment, or if he got lost, and "they neve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
After adopting a stray dog, a boy speculates about where his pet came from and how it ended up in the shelter. The boy's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
