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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

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jessjen's review

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emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

banandrea's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

tells the story of a boy jack that learns how to communicate feelings through writing and starts to become confident in his writing and in himself. cheesy to say but this book changed my life. i want to meet my reading goal and so i went through my bookshelf looking for small books. when i saw this i was reminded by how much i love this story and wanted to reread it right away. i haven’t read it since grade school and it still holds up.

belwood303's review

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4.0

Wow. Powerful. Think this will be my read aloud for the introduction to poetry.

icequeen13's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

happytreereads's review

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4.5

love that sharon creech. she's the best. ❤️
it's about a boy who writes poetry, loves a dog, and discovers that maybe he has some good-enough words after all. there's brownies, too, and Robert Frost. like I said. sharon creech. love her.

cotahobbs's review

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3.0

Told in poem format. It made me cry (just a bit). Very short. I read it in 15 minutes.

Recommended for boys and girls and aspiring writers.

Lexile: 1010
AR: 4.5

Grades 3 and up

kshanahanyu's review

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5.0

Great use of a different narrative structure! Loved this book from a boy student's perspective on poetry in the classroom and his dog. Just very clever and relatable. Would recommend for upper elementary and middle school.