A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

Written by Ann M. Martin
Book #1 in the A Dog's Life Series
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8 - 11
Reading age
208
Page count
174
Words per page
870L
Lexile measure
Jan 1, 2007
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Newbery Honor author Ann Martin’s heartwrenching and heartwarming (Kirkus) dog story with After Words bonus material.A Dog’s Life joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed behind someone’s summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when their mother is taken from them suddenly and too soon, the puppies are forced to make their own way in the world, facing humans both gentle and brutal, busy highways, other animals, and the changing seasons. When Bone and Squirrel become separated, Squirrel must fend for herself, and in the process makes two friends who in very different ways define her fate.

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      Ann M. Martin

      Ann M. Martin is the author of Ten Rules for Living with My Sister, Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life, Everything for a Dog, and Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure. She won a Newbery Honor Award for A Corner of the Universe, and is the author of the beloved Baby-Sitters Club series. She lives in upstate New York.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780439717007
    Publication Date
    January 1, 2007
    Publisher
    Scholastic Paperbacks
    Page Count
    208
    Words Per Page
    174
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 11 years
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    82464136
    Lexile® Level
    870L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~U
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.1
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    101885
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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