A Coyote's in the House

by Elmore Leonard

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"Buddy's an aging movie star. Antwan's a rough-and-tumble loner. And Miss Betty, the show girl, is a princess. Different in nearly every way, they share one thing: they're all dogs-- at heart."--Container.

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This was a really interesting children's novel. Very different than what I've read before. I got through it in one sitting. It had a deeper message and it was a lot of fun as well, action and emotion packed which was great. The illustrations were nice and I loved the giant red letters at the start of every part. It was very nice all around. It had solid characters who were developed and changed throughout the book even though it was short and it had a commentary on the culture of keeping pets and Hollywood and stardom in general. It was nice to see that in a kids book at it's something that is often hidden from children and it was put into the perspective of animals and show dogs/cats to make it more fun and understandable. Definitely show more something I would recommend. show less
weirdest children’s book i ever did read. it’s about dogs so leonard gets to talk about bitches a lot. dialogue was good as ever, though!

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Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he show more wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies. Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
A Coyote's in the House
First words
Here was Antwan, living the life of a young coyote up in the Hollywood Hills, loving it, but careful to keep out of the way of humans.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)As the song faded she wondered if they would ever see him again.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Tween, Kids, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3562 .E55 .C69Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Rating
½ (3.43)
Languages
Dutch, English, French, Italian
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Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
ISBNs
17
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