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Summary: When Cocoa, a large chocolate Lab puppy, accidentally knocks over her elderly owner, Charles convinces his parents to foster the excitable dog, but can the Peterson household survive Cocoa's high-energy behavior?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2012
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie finds an ad in the paper for a dog in need of a new home. Rocky is a cuddly bulldog who would prefer to sleep than to be a guard dog. But Lizzie understands that every puppy is special and Rocky would be the perfect pet for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: Bandit is an adorable black and white Shih Tzu with a mask-like marking over his eyes. Lizzie discovers him at a highway rest stop restaurant. He was abandoned by his owers because he needs an operation and they couldn't afford it. Lizzie and her family take Bandit in and begin fundraising for the expensive procedure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Summary: When Charles finds Lucy, a basset mix puppy who has lost her home in a flood, he becomes determined to find her a good home, but his efforts are complicated when items go missing in the Peterson house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles is determined to help Moose, a giant Great Dane puppy. The problem is that this huge pup is scared of everything - loud noises, other dogs, even his own shadow!"--P. [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Summary: Bingo is a lab mix. He's also blind. Bingo can learn to cope, but he needs Lizzie's help, and he just might need a friend, too. By the end of the story Bingo will have his very own guide dog!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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Summary: When Charles and his friends find Lola stuck outside right before a rainstorm, they have a tough decision to make. They know the bulldog has a home, but isn't safe locked outside during the storm. Should they take the puppy with them or let her ride out the weather?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: Charles and his family are visiting relatives in the country when a stranger drops off a puppy. Mocha, a Bernese mountain dog, was running around on the highway without a leash or tags. Now this adventurous pup needs a place to live.
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Summary: Lizzie is shocked to see that Aunt Amanda has returned home from her vacation with an injured puppy. Bonita is a street dog with a hurt leg. Lizzie and her friends decide to raise the money for the puppy's operation. Will Lizzie be able to help this sweet dog?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: Attending his father's annual softball game, Charles spies Champ, a German shepherd puppy that needs to be fostered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson are visiting their cousins in the country when they find an abandoned border collie puppy. Flash loves to run and chase, so Charles and Lizzie know not just any home will work for this puppy. Can they find a forever home that's just right for Flash?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They want a puppy of their own more than just about anything. They know dogs are a lot of work. But their Mom still doesn't think their family is ready for a puppy. Then, Goldie arrives. She is a sweet golden retriever who needs a home. Goldie is very young. She doesn't know how to be a good puppy yet. Will Charles and Lizzie be able to help her?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2005
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Summary: Lizzie is excited for her trip to Aunt Amanda's sleepaway doggy training camp. But when Donut, a German shepard-Lab mix, is in danger of being left behind by her family, Lizzie will use her new skills to show the pup is well-trained enough for their new home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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Summary: While the Petersons are enjoying a winter picnic at Loon Lake Park, Lizzie rescues a lost puppy in trouble and then sets out to find its owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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Summary: Charles and his family foster Miki, a Bichon Frise puppy whose former owner taught her to dance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: Charles finds a lost puppy during a backyard camping trip. Can he and his new friend David find Lucky a home?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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Summary: "Welcome to the Puppy Place, where every puppy finds a home!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie gets a phone call from Aunt Amanda about Oscar, a schnauzer, she wants to help. But this puppy has trouble getting along with other dogs. Will Lizzie be able to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson try to find Maggie, the Saint Bernard dog, and Max, the cat, homes before Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2007
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Summary: "Lizzie is at the animals shelter when an emergency case is brought in. Bella, a newborn cocker spaniel, is not doing well. She's way too small and has a hard time eating. Lizzie's heart melts for the puppy but she's never taken care of a dog this young before. Will Lizzie be able to nurse this poor pup back to health?" (publisher).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When their mom sits the family down for a talk, Charles and Lizzie are excited to hear that they'll be fostering Zig and Zag, twin Brittany puppies! Double the puppies should mean double the fun, but the twins are very hyper and need a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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Summary: As Alice McKinley begins a new phase as a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, she experiences many changes, both expected and surprising, that lead her into a future her seventh-grade self could only have imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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Summary: Through her senior year and the following summer, Alice McKinley deals with troubling developments at school, being in the school play, preparing for college, being away from her boyfriend, and working for the summer on a cruise ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Barkley takes Lizzies breath away ... literally! Barkley, the Great Pyrenees, is a ball of energy, and far too big for the apartment he has been living in. Lizzie does her best to teach him manners, but she can't make him smaller! Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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Summary: Offering to foster sweet Rottweiler puppy Molly while she waits to find a forever home, Charles learns that Rottweilers are associated with violent behavior and struggles with feelings of fear before realizing that Molly has a truly gentle personality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2013