Shaper
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780439529518
Category
English fiction
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Publication Year
2002
Pages
186
Subject
English
Abstract
Chad blames his grandfather Jeep and his older sister, Julia, for the death of his dog last fall. Now, as an empty summer yawns before him, Chad still isn't speaking to jeep, he avoids Julia, and he does his best to ignore the rest of the family, especially the new dog, Queenie. But on this quiet Vermont hillside there's no one but family, nothing to fill the long days ahead. Then a new neighbor, David Burton, moves in down the hill. David is a shaper, a dog trainer who shapes animals' behavior using positive reinforcement. He needs an assistant, and he offers Chad the job. David also has a daughter, Louise beautiful, feisty, a dancer-who's only a year older than Chad. Suddenly Chad's life, which had seemed simple if painful, is terribly, wonderfully, confusingly complicated....
Description
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005
Horn Book Starred, May 2002
Booklist, July 2002
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2002
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2002
Kirkus Review, May 2002
Kliatt Starred, July 2002
Reading grade level: 5.2
Interest grade level: 5-8 Follett Library Resources
Number of Copies
1