Protecting Marie

How can she help falling in love with the perfect dog? Fanny has wanted a dog all her life. For a brief moment her dream came true, but then her father decided the puppy brought too much chaos to his neat, ordered home. Fanny has never been able to forgive him for it. So when Fanny''s father brings home a new, older dog, she''s not sure she can trust him. She reasons that perhaps she shouldn''t get too attached, in case this one is taken from her as well. This is Fanny''s story--a story about wanting and getting and realizing that nothing is simple or easy. "Moving and heartwarming," --VOYA Multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including: Billy Miller Makes a Wish Bird Lake Moon The Birthday Room Junonia Olive''s Ocean Protecting Marie Sun & Spoon Sweeping Up the Heart Two Under Par Words of Stone The Year of Billy Miller The Zebra Wall

About the author

Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors—one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller—and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Henkes, Henkes Kevin
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2007
• EAN: 9780061288760
• ISBN: 978-0-06-128876-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION: Biographical / United States, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Dating & Relationships, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers