num_pages: 160
description: Born in a puppy mill Ginger the golden retriever looks back on her life and the various people who have owned her. Abruptly separated from her mother littermates and the wire cage that was her whole world Ginger is shuttled from one harrowing situation to another until she finally escapes living as an outlaw with a pack of wild dogs. But freedom doesn't feel so good once she becomes hungry and cold and sick. Will Ginger ever find a furever family to call her own? With realistic black-and-white illustrations by renowned illustrator Tim Jessel and an appendix featuring information about puppy mills breed rescue groups animal shelters choosing a pet and the history of golden retrievers dog-crazy early middle-grade readers will beg for more!
language: English
title: Ginger
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers