num_pages: 136
description: Children's Choices for 2000, CBC/IRA2000-2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List2001-2002 Mark Twain Award Master List2002 Children's Crown Award Runner-Up2001-2002 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Master List2002-2003 Volunteer State Book Award Intermediate Master List2002-2003 Iowa Children's Choice Master List2003 Sasquatch Reading Award Master List2002-2003 Land of Enchantment Young Adult Master Reading List2003-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Master ListFrom the award-winning author Peg Kehret comes a collection of true stories about the amazing lives of eight shelter dogs. Many of these dogs were unwanted because of their size, behavior, or medical condition. All of the dogs found owners who loved and cared for them and ultimately helped change their lives in tremendous ways. The dogs have changed the owners' lives, too.
language: English
title: Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
titlecomplete: Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
genres: Dogs, Middle Grade, Childrens, School, Animals, Short Stories, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1201
publisher: Albert Whitman & Company