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  <title><![CDATA[How to Steal a Dog]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Half of me was thinking&lt;/i&gt;, Georgina, don&amp;#8217;t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. &lt;i&gt;The other half of me was thinking&lt;/i&gt;, Georgina, you&amp;#8217;re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is &amp;#8220;borrow&amp;#8221; the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O&amp;#8217;Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what&amp;#8217;s right when everything else seems wrong. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">3</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>How to Steal a Dog</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Kearns library mother/daughter book club selection . . . read it in a day . . . a good, fun, enlightening read!  Recommended for old and young alike!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! This is a touching story that shined some light for me into the life of homelessness from a child's perpesctive. The main character, Georgina, deals with some tough times while living out of a car with her mother and younger brother. It is a real eye opener; reminding me not to take things for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28179500">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When Georgina’s dad leaves them, she and her mother and little brother are evicted from their apartment and have to live in their car until mom can work out some other arrangements.  Being homeless stinks – literally – they make do with public restrooms to try and clean themselves up, and use ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74681011">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 22 10:57:28 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this aloud with my son and we both enjoyed it very much.  Georgina's dilemma and the decisions she makes provided a great stimulus for discussion about why good people might do bad things. I plan to recommend this as a read-aloud to the 4th-5th grade teachers at my school.]]></body>
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    <review id="65275795">
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 10:45:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My child was given this book to read over the summer for a school summer reading program. When she finished reading it, she asked me if I'd like to read it. The book was well written and the characters were quite likable. It's a rather sad book as it is about a homeless girl and her mother and littl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65275795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38682802">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 06:04:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[After Georgina, her younger brother, and mother have been evicted from their apartment, they are reduced to living in their run down car. Although her mother is working two jobs, there still isn't enough money to get back into a home. Georgina decides that stealing a dog, then bringing it back for t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38682802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65044012">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Georgina's story will touch readers not because she's homeless (though for many kids this might be their first exposure to homelessness), but because she is smart, resourceful and wants to help change her family's situation. Stealing a dog may not have been the best solution, but it was an option sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65044012">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75586985">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've got some Literature Circle Questions. They came in the back of this book. You can answer any one of them you want. Just make sure you say what problem your answering. <br/>     1. Where are Georgina and her mother and brother living in the begining? Whey are they there?<br/>     2. Why does G...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75586985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73708044">
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    <name><![CDATA[♪♫N3lly♫♪]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[my little sister brought this book from her school library and since i loved dogs, this book just got my attention. the story of two kids trying to pretend that they still live a &quot;normal&quot; life, while living in a car. their dad abandon them and their mother leaving only a jar ful of dollars...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73708044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60060583">
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    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book goes against everything I believe in...Not sure why I got it to read...<br/><br/>These kids (&amp; mom) are homeless...the main character, a girl, is a complete brat and at one point even blames her mom for being a bad mother since they are homeless (dad took the money &amp; left...yet it was mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60060583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64821178">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Georgina’s father has left and now she and her mother and little brother are homeless. Her mother ekes out a precarious living working two jobs, but it is not enough to get an apartment. Georgina is desperate to find a way to get enough money to move out of their car and comes upon the idea of ste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64821178">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[young readers - Chaper book]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Twelve year-old Georgina, her brother Toby and her mom find themselves in the unfortunate circumstance of homelessness almost overnight when their Dad left them. Consequently evicted from their apartment,  Georgina's mom is working multiple jobs to earn money for apartment rent while Georgina and To...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49157267">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45131546">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40003067">
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    <name><![CDATA[Travis]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I saw this book, I had to read it to find out how the author could make me care about a character that stole a dog. Well, the author did make me care about Georgina. Her father left the family, resulting in the family becoming homeless. Georgina creates a plan in order to get reward money that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40003067">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 13:01:53 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, O'Connor does a great job of creating an atmosphere of sadness appropriate to homelessness.  However, this book is gloomy and repetitious, and the main kid characters seem quite a bit younger than their stated years (perhaps hinting at years of neglect?).  <br/><br/>Georgina is a nice kid bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62377834">more...</a>]]></body>
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