num_pages: 170
description: "Half of me was thinking," Georgina, don't do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. "The other half of me was thinking," Georgina, you're in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected.With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O'Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what's right when everything else seems wrong."How to Steal a Dog" is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
language: English
title: How to Steal a Dog
titlecomplete: How to Steal a Dog
genres: Fiction, Family, Animals, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Realistic Fiction, Dogs, Childrens
ratings_count: 12405
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Iowa Children's Choice Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)