Notes from the Dog, Gary Paulsen
Notes from the Dog, Gary Paulsen
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Notes from the Dog

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/20/2012

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

"Sometimes having company is not all it's cracked up to be." Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog, Dylan. This summer he's hoping for a job where he doesn't have to talk to anyone except his pal Matthew. Then Johanna moves in next door. She's 10 years older, cool, funny, and she treats Finn as an equal. Dylan loves her, too. Johanna's dealing with breast cancer, and Matthew and Finn learn to care for her, emotionally and physically. When she hires Finn to create a garden, his gardening ideas backfire comically. But Johanna and the garden help Finn discover his talents for connecting with people.

About Gary Paulsen

Three-time Newbery-winning author Gary Paulsen, hailed as "one of the best-loved writers alive" by the New York Times, divides his time between his ranch in New Mexico, a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, and his dog-kennel in Alaska. He's written over 200 books for young people, stories that have been embraced by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Prashasti

"Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal." I had a wry smile when I finished reading this book. Strangely, the story has got nothing to do with a dog; hence the cover and the title is almost misleading. I'm saying 'almost' because guess what? There's a dog and a few notes involved but th......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay

I really enjoyed this book. My favorite character was probably Johanna. She is a very strong character who can get through very hard things. This book is about a kid named Finn, he planned on doing nothing but reading on his summer. Johanna came in and they had the nest summer he could imagine.......more

Goodreads review by Josiah

Most of Gary Paulsen's best work came in the 1980s and '90s, but he had some excellent novels in the '70s and in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. First published in 2009, close to twenty years after Mr. Paulsen's last Newbery Honor, Notes from the Dog is a return to the author's gr......more

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