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Now available to delight American children-a funny, touching, sometimes hairy, dog’s-eye-view tale of adventure, survival, and friendship. Dog was seized by an enormous hand, lifted to a dizzy height, and dunked in a bucket of very cold water. He began to wriggle and groan and cry and choke.... read more

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"Who do you think you are?"

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1. Cold Dinner
2. Something Funny's Going On
3. How Dog Was Born
4. Black Noise
5. An Owner?
6. The Town
7. Beware of Rats.
8. What a Way to Wake Up
9. In the Dog Pound
10. Total Terror
11. Sniffy
12. The Lobster, the Turnip, and the Sun
13. My Very Own Dog
14. A Well-Trained Owner
15. Hooray for Seagulls!
16. Dog Gets a Name
17. A Dog Who Throws up
18. My Dog? What Dog?
19. Self-Respect
20. The Great Escape
21. Hyena
22. Hyena and Wild Boar
23. Seduction is the Only Answer
24. Mixed-Up Kids
25. Too Good to Be True
26. The Dogs' Cemetery
27. The Italian, the Artist, and the Egyptian
28. Plum!
29. Plum and Dog
30. Something Funny Goes On
31. Through the Window
32. On the Road
33. Hyena's Shadow
34. A Few Friends
35. The Break-In
36. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
37. Nothing to Do but Wait
38. Poor Plum!
39. Here's to the Future!

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  1. Daniel Pennac (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Candlewick
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0763624217
Page Count: 192

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