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001 ASIN0385392400
005 20151209113211.0
008 151209s2015 xxu eng d
020 _a0385392400 (paperback)
_c$6.99
020 _a9780385392402 (paperback)
100 1 _aKlimo, Kate.
245 1 0 _aDog diaries.
_n# 6 :
_bsweetie /
_cKate Klimo, Tim Jessell.
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bRandom House Books for Young Readers,
_c2015.
300 _a160 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c18 cm.
520 _aGeorge Washington’s transformation from farmer to Father of Our Country—as told by his dog Sweetlips!   Sweetie was the finest foxhound in George Washington’s kennel. But Sweetie’s idyllic days at Mount Vernon were cut short when her master was chosen to represent Virginia at the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia—which he attended with Sweetlips by his side. Follow their journey from the hunt country of Virginia to the battlefields of the Revolutionary War in this meticulously researched, unique historical novel. With realistic black-and-white illustrations by Tim Jessell, an appendix including information about George Washington and the history and breeding of American foxhounds, plus links to the primary source material on which the book is based, this is the kind of historical fiction that dog-loving middle graders—and educators—sit u
856 _3Amazon.com
_uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385392400/c
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