Love That Dog: A Novel

Sharon Creech

Dec 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

The Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech, brings readers a story with enormous heart. 

Love That Dog shows how one boy named Jack finds his voice with the help of a teacher, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's point of view, this novel is perfect for kids and teachers, too.

Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments—and Jack can't avoid them. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns that he does have something to say.

"I guess it does
look like a poem
when you see it
typed up
like that."

Ratings and reviews

Very different kind of poetry style. It's ok. Wouldn't recommend spending full price for the book. Super easy to read and only took me a few hours to finish it.

I read this book in my school, and I really enjoyed it. The little boy in the poems reminded me so much of myself, I used to hate reading/writing and now I do it all the time.

Wow my kid loved it so much she asked all the time to read it she said " I love that BOOK!"

About the author

Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says.www.sharoncreech.com