Jacksonville Public Library

Puppy love, Gary Soto

eng

no index present

Ages 8-12

fiction

Puppy love

1381363493

Gary Soto

"Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, but she's never going to notice him if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesn't help that his best friend, Antonio, likes to tease him about it a little too much. But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy, he's suddenly got even more on his mind than kissing Sierra and making the starting team. Can he nurse the abandoned pup back to health (and will his parents let him keep her)? Who threw her into the canal -- and is it possible that there are more puppies needing rescue? And why are the cops suddenly at Jordan's door, looking for him? Packed with action, basketball, and a dash of magical realism, here is a sweetly humorous novel about friendship and family, first crushes, and belonging." --Book jacket

pre adolescent