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The mysterious kidnapping of Fletcher, the inert Bassett hound, leads Jill and Gwen on a frantic search that ends up in front of a TV camera shooting a dog food commercial.Tags
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My daughter loved this book when young. It's hard to write mysteries for children, since they usually deal with something bad happening and children's authors don't want to traumatize their target audience. In this case, the mystery has to do with a missing dog and---don't worry---it all turns out fine. I enjoyed the portrayal of Fletcher, who seems to spend his time lying still.
I haven't seen this book since I was little, but I remember loving the heck out of it.
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Author Information
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Elizabeth Levy was born and grew up in Buffalo, New York. She attended Brown University, majoring in history. After graduation, Levy went to New York City and worked as a researcher for Howard Cosell at ABC-TV and then for Senator Robert Kennedy. She has been writing for nearly thirty years and has written over 80 books. Levy has won the Georgia show more State Award, the Maryland State Award and was a Virginia State Award Nominee in 2001 for My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian, she was on the ABA Pick of the Lists in 2000 for Seventh Grade Tango. Levy also appeared in the New York Public Library 100 Best Books of 1997, was an Arkansas State Award, Runner Up in 1992, was Nominated for the Florida Sunshine State Award, the New Mexico, Land of Enchantment Award, and the Nevada Award, for Keep Ms. Sugarman in the Fourth Grade. She earned a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year in 1977 for Struggle and Lose, Struggle and Win: The United Mineworkers Story and an Outstanding Science book for Children from the National Science Teachers Association, for Before You Were Three in 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1973
- People/Characters
- Jill; Fletcher (a bassett hound); Gwen
- First words
- One day Jill came home and Fletcher wasn't there.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Except when the commercial was on ...
... at that moment Fletcher was asleep.
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- 199
- Popularity
- 163,580
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.38)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 4
