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A Boy in the Doghouse

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I have read this book to several classes of second graders, and have also given it as gifts to the same age range. The kids absolutely love it! It is a very innocent, clean-cut book, with a happy ending. What the kids enjoy most are the chapters written from the perspective of Lucky, the dog. I have also had older students with reading disabilities who were reading below their grade level, read it and love it, without feeling insulted. A great book for kids who claim they don't like to read.

I just finished reading this book with a group of 8-12 year old students in a remedial reading summer class. As their teacher I can tell you that every child in my class loved this book. As adult, I loved it too! Betsy Duffey knows dogs, and she obviously knows a lot about young boys too, so her story of a boy desperately trying to train a puppy, and the puppy trying just as hard to "train" his boy is funny and true to life. If I can get a bunch of reluctant readers to give a thumbs-up to a book, I know it is a winner.