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The Staffordshire Terror
The Staffordshire terrier 13-year-old Cissie raises from an orphaned pup is stolen by her uncle and entered in illegal dogfights.
223 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
About the author
Patricia Beatty
63 books44 followersPatricia Beatty (1922 - 1991) was an American author of award-winning children's and young adult historical fiction novels.
She was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian, and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.
She wrote over 50 novels, and co-write 10 of them with her husband, John L. Beatty.
Beatty died in Riverside, California in 1991.
She was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian, and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.
She wrote over 50 novels, and co-write 10 of them with her husband, John L. Beatty.
Beatty died in Riverside, California in 1991.
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November 20, 2014
All I remember is that a girl's pet Staffordshire is stolen for use in dogfights, which I guess explains why it's in the bottom quarter of dog books I have read.
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