Dog-Gone Hollywood

Duz Shedd #3

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Duzz Shedd (a.k.a. Genghis Khan), Hollywood's newest canine star is trying to lead a normal life after starring in his first movie, but his fans (and the gossip columnists) won't leave him alone.  Duz is in for even bigger trouble when he's nominated for an Oscar--as best actor!  Will his biggest rival succeed in convincing the public that Duz is a dud?  

71 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 1995

About the author

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was an American children's writer. She wrote more than 130 books for children and teens and her books have been translated into several languages. They have won awards including Book of the Year by the Library of Congress or have become selections by the Literary Guild.
Perhaps Sharmat's most popular work features the child detective Nate the Great. He was inspired by and named after her father, who lived to see the first Nate book published. One story, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, was adapted as a made-for-TV movie that won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Sharmat's husband Mitchell Sharmat expanded Nate's storyline by creating Olivia Sharp, his cousin and fellow detective. Husband and wife wrote four Olivia Sharp books published 1989 to 1991. During the 1990s, their son Craig Sharmat (then in his thirties) wrote three Nate books with his mother. In the late 2010s, their other son Andrew Sharmat co-wrote the last two Nate books written while Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was alive. With Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's passing in 2019 Andrew has continued writing the series with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot (2021).
In the mid-1980s Sharmat wrote three books published in 1984 and 1985 under the pseudonym Wendy Andrews.
Sharmat also wrote the Sorority Sisters series, eight short novels published in 1986 and 1987. They are romantic fiction with a sense of humor. They are set in a California public high school (day school for ages 14 to 18, approximately).

Reviews

[Zev · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute! It's clear from the way the author writes that she could, and probably has, move so easily into longer YA works. They keep calling Duz the ugliest dog ever, but the illustrations show he's a pretty normal-looking dog, just with an enormous underbite. My family had a Pekingese with a noticeable underbite, and nobody ever called her ugly. She got lots of people saying she was pretty and asking where to get one, so. And the dreaminess over bologna...most dogs I know would just go for it directly, or look pitiful and start begging. Not dreamy. I don't think I've ever seen a dog look dreamy, especially over food. Adoringly at their owners, certainly, but not food. But this book still made me laugh a lot.

[Adhrit Pradeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dog-gone Hollywood by Majorie Weinman Sharmat Genre Comedy Rating 5/5

Duz, a celebrity in Hollywood, wants to have a quiet life after his first movie. But his fans won’t let him go. Worse for him, when he is nominated for an Oscar, his major rival wants to convince people that Duz is simply a dog.

I recommend this book to funny people!

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book in the series but the first I've read and I didn't have any problems just reading this one. The story so far is explained so that the reader understands the situation and actually made me wish I had read the previous books. This was a fun story about a "Lassie"-type dog star, who finds out he is up for an Academy Award. A nasty child star is out to make sure the dog doesn't win. The book is narrated by the dog's owner and, thankfully, the dog is not personified, even though the front cover may lead you to think otherwise. Sharmat is a good writer and can be counted on to deliver a good story, as she does here. A nice first chapter book for dog lovers.

[Bethany · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dog Hollywood movies are better.