O'Connor, Barbara
Summary: "A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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Summary: Ten-year-old Walter Tipple is grieving his beloved older brother, Tank, when a sassy girl named Posey moves in next door and Banjo, a hot-air balloonist, sets the pair on an adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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Summary: Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. His big brother, Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn't know how to see the world without him. But then he meets the brash, brave new girl next door named Posey, as well as an eccentric man named Banjo who's off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of mishaps, mayhem, strange quests, and strong friendships.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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Summary: When her mother uproots them again to another home and takes a job as housekeeper, ten-year-old Mavis is determined to find a best friend in Landry, Alabama, where the summer also holds the promise of friendship and change for a sad man, a stray dog, and a timid girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018
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Summary: Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2007
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Summary: A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenberg Pub. Co. 1990