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Baby
by
Joseph Monninger (Goodreads Author)
Baby loves the dogs, but when her old boyfriend shows up, she runs off with him. In no time at all, Baby has to make some hard decisions.
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by Namelos
(first published September 1st 2007)
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The book Baby by Joseph Monninger has a dramatic, loving and a family-like feeling. This book is recommended to all young people from ages 14-35. Baby,a 15 year old troubled foster kid whose out of control behavior is highly influenced by her no-good boyfriend. Cindy, her caseworker takes her to a home in New Hampshire where she meets her new foster parents. Her new foster parents, Fred and Mary Potter, seem to be very nice, calm, cool and collected people. They have race dogs, which they race t...more
Joseph Monninger recommended this YA book of his when he spoke to our book club, so of course I downloaded it right then to my kindle. This is the story of Baby, a 15 year old girl who's being given her last chance foster home placement with a couple who races sled dogs. While living with them she gains a love for the dogs and the sledding, but her boyfriend shows up she runs away with him (taking one of the dogs along).
I feel that this novel is so honest and real. You see girls like Baby occasi...more
I feel that this novel is so honest and real. You see girls like Baby occasi...more
Baby is a teenager who's been through the foster care system for several years; her mother, a drug addict, deserted her, though Baby hopes to one day see her again. Now Baby is staying at the rural New England home of the Potters, and learning to race sled dogs. She is reluctantly getting settled in, but when her boyfriend shows up to take her away to live on the streets again, she is happy to go with him--and she steals a dog from the Potters. Will she fall into Bobby's drug dealing ways? Will...more
Baby is the book I did my booktalk on. I did kinda like it. The thing that attracted me to this book was that it is about a foster child who goes to live with these amazing people who show her her true worth. If I wasn't a teacher, I'd be a social worker. Abandoned children have a special place in my heart, and this book shares the story of one such child who finds a happy ending. It wasn't as heart-wrenching as I would have liked, but it was good enough.
I don't think there was enough literary m...more
I don't think there was enough literary m...more
Nov 17, 2012
Jennifer Wardrip
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Reviewed by Holly for TeensReadToo.com
It's Baby's last chance with foster parents before she's shipped off to a juvenile detention center.
Baby may believe that meeting Bobby is the best thing that ever happened to her. But it happens when Baby's finally at a wonderful place in her life, and Bobby starts to take her away from it all.
Under Bobby's influence, Baby will do just about anything, even take her foster parents, Mary and Fred's, most prized possession -- a sled dog. Her life is spiralin...more
It's Baby's last chance with foster parents before she's shipped off to a juvenile detention center.
Baby may believe that meeting Bobby is the best thing that ever happened to her. But it happens when Baby's finally at a wonderful place in her life, and Bobby starts to take her away from it all.
Under Bobby's influence, Baby will do just about anything, even take her foster parents, Mary and Fred's, most prized possession -- a sled dog. Her life is spiralin...more
Baby is a 15 year old runaway who is put into foster care. She has really cool foster parents who get her hooked on dog sledding. Baby's decision making skills are not the greatest, but she slowly learns she has to make good decisions in order to change her life around. I liked this book because it felt real to me. For 13 yrs and up.
Monninger is an avid dogsledder and hence the descriptions of the races are the most exciting and absorbing parts of the book. The writing is sometimes inelegant, but it is a lovely hopeful story about the restorative power of nature and family.
Great YA novel about a foster girl who gets sent to live with a family who raises sled dogs. Unusual setting/situation for a YA novel with a protagonist facing real teen problems.
This book combines a story of a teen girl at her last chance foster home of very special foster parents with dog sledding, which adds some adventure to the plot.
Foster teen gets one last chance with a family who raises dogs for sled racing. Whole new world for me and I really enjoyed the book
Dorky cover but amazing read!
This was a good one, too.
Wow. What a great book. I was completely absorbed in the character and her life. I understood her conflict between choosing the foster care family or running away with her boyfriend. I loved her transformation throughout the book. And I really didn't see the most climactic part coming and I wasn't certain if this book would have a happy or sad ending.
Bitchy-but-believable protagonist who makes bad choices while living with loving foster home parents. Her passion for racing dogs in the bitter Northern climate and the bond she eventually forms with the family turn things around for her.
Pretty perfect young adult novel. Difficult issues, well presented, compelling, interesting and not formulaic.
Nice quick read, featuring delinquent foster-care kid and sled dogs.
Recommended at the March WASHYARG meeting.
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Joseph Monninger has published eleven novels and three non-fiction books. His work has appeared in American Heritage, Scientific American, Readers Digest, Glamour, Playboy, Story, Fiction, The Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated and Ellery Queen, among other publications. He has twice received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and has also received a fellowship from the New Hampshi...more
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