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Love that dog

From the Publisher: "I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Ms. 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 he does have something to say. With a fresh and deceptively simple style, acclaimed author Sharon Creech tells a story with enormous heart. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's point of view, Love That Dog shows how one boy finds his own voice with the help of a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog
eBook, English, 2003, ©2001
First Harper Trophy edtion View all formats and editions
HarperTrophy, New York, 2003, ©2001
Fiction
Ages 8-12. Interest age level : 8 to 12.
1 online resource (86, [18] pages)
1036559347
"Joanna Cotler Books."
falcon.jmu.edu Address for a Sharon Creech teacher resource file
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