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Boys Are Dogs |  | Author: Leslie Margolis
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
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Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1599902214
EAN: 9781599902210
ASIN: 1599902214
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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Middle-school boys act like wild animals. Thatâs what Annabelle discovers on her first day in her brand-new life. Birchwood Middle School is totally different from her old all-girls elementary. In fact, lots of things in Annabelleâs life are totally different now that sheâs back from summer camp. Thereâs momâs new boyfriend, a new house, new friendsâeven a new puppy that likes to chew on Annabelleâs clothes. Well, at least the puppy comes with a leash and a training manual! If only she could say the same for the boys . . . Featuring Annabelleâs hilarious take on friendship, boys, and her all-new life, this novel / survival guide perfectly captures the joyâand agonyâof junior high school. And it might just teach you how to tame the wildest beast of all, the teenage boy.
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A must read for any girl February 1, 2009
The Compulsive Reader (Big Rapids, MI, USA)
Annabelle isn't too pleased when her mom moves her to a new house and new school so she can live with her new boyfriend. This new school is different from her old one in that it has boys, and as Annabelle learns pretty quickly, dealing with boys is NOTHING like making friends with girls. And then when Annabelle's mom and her boyfriend then get her a new puppy, Annabelle finds herself a little stressed out. But as Annabelle learns to train her new puppy, she sees some surprising similarities between training dogs, and training boys...
Funny, wise, and a bit thoughtful, Boys Are Dogs is an innovative and fun-filled read. Annabelle is an engaging and relatable narrator whose perfect combination of smarts, independence, and shyness will capture even the reluctant reader's attention. Boys Are Dogs will have you roaring with laughter one minute and wincing with empathy the next. Margolis's unique talent of emulating her characters' ages and attitudes perfectly carries through in Boys Are Dogs and succeeds in establishing a bond between reader and author that offers empathy and comfort to young girls surviving the highs and lows of middle school, and a vivid trip down memory lane for older audiences. Margolis has created the ultimate must-read for tweens, packed full of fantastic advice, laughs, and a bunch of confidence-boosting girl-power.
 Enchanting Review: Boys Are Dogs January 21, 2009
Enchanting Reviews
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
BOYS ARE DOGS
LESLIE MARGOLIS
Contemporary Middle Grade
Bloomsbury
Rating: 4 Enchantments
When Annabelle returns from summer camp, she's in for a whole lot of changes. She knew her mother was moving them into a house with her boyfriend Ted, aka Dweeble, but there's also the change in schools, from an all girls elementary to Birchwood Middle School and the biggest surprise of all--a cute new puppy--to deal with. Getting used to a new school is hard enough, but dealing with boys, especially bullying, jerkish boys is harder than Annabelle originally thought it would be. But then she comes up with the idea to start applying her puppy training manual to dealing with the troublesome boys at school.
BOYS ARE DOGS is a really fun middle grade read. Annabelle's a very likeable, spunk tween who comes up with a unique way to deal with things, especially the annoying boys she's forced to deal with at school. Her newfound friends at Birchwood, including neighbor Rachel, who unfortunately is the younger sister of one of the bigger jerks of the entire school. One of my favorite scenes in the book is when Annabelle's out eating lunch with her new friend Rachel at school and finds out the boy who sent her to the wrong classroom that morning on the first day of school is none other then Rachel's older brother, Jackson.
Ms. Margolis does a great job capturing what its like dealing with a new puppy and struggling to fit in at a new school at the same time and I loved the uniqueness of Annabelle applying the puppy training manual to dealing with boys. Anyone looking for a fun middle grade read won't go wrong picking up BOYS ARE DOGS.
Leslie Margolis lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her fairly well-trained six toed mutt named Aunt Blanche and her less-well-trained husband, Jim. She is also the author of the young adult novels FIX and PRICE OF ADMISSION. Visit her online at www.lesliemargolis.com
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
December 2008
A must read! November 11, 2008
R. Stern (Portland, ME)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Boys are Dogs is one of the funniest, sweetest young adult novels I have read in a long time, and as a middle school English teacher, I read a lot! Annabelle, the main character, is genuine and likable. She is the kind of character that young girls will aspire to be like. She is a fabulous mix of strong, shy, and smart. Like many of us, she is nervous around new people, wants to be cool but not in charge, and doesn't like her mom's boyfriend . . . at first. Margolis has created a character that will stand the test of time. I hope there are many, many more Annabelle books!
Layla's Review November 11, 2008
LaylaB
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Leslie Margolis has done it again! Her first two novels- "Fix" and "Price of Admission" were a grand slam! She has done an excellent job in "Boys Are Dogs", she perfectly describes the troubles of a new girl and how she fixes them. Ms. Margolis has a way of writing in a true voice of a kid character. She can get readers to walk in the street with their nose dived deep into the book. Margolis's magic for feeling children and capturing their emotions is astounding. She can make people feel like the book was written by a kid. She really has that power. Leslie Margolis's books are always a fun and exciting read. I love to gorge into her books, intent on the expert writing. So if you are ever looking for a book, pick up "Boys Are Dogs" from your Amazon.com and enjoy! (I know you will!)
fun tweener tale November 1, 2008
Harriet Klausner
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Boys Are Dogs
Leslie Margolis
Bloomsbury, Sep 2008, $15.99
ISBN: 1599902214
Annabelle comes home from a summer at a sleep-away camp to live in a new home with her single mom and her mother's new live-in nerdy but nice boyfriend. She is to start sixth grade so is old enough to understand when she is being bribed. They give her a puppy in exchange for her accepting the new arrangement.
Annabelle adores her puppy, but school is a war zone as this is the first time boys (yucky) are in her classes. They are selfish, thieves and rude whether it is the kid behind her who is practicing for a football career with her chair; her lab partners who share nothing, or stealing her homework. In many ways without the cuteness they remind her of her puppy before the training. Annabelle begins to teach the boys how to behave with her using the puppy manual.
The fun in this wonderful tweener tale is the behavior of middle school boys as seen through the myopic lens of the suffering heroine who is just starting to comprehend the Girls on Venus and the Boys on Mars make that Neptune concept. Applying a dog behavior manual as a modification tool is fun as Annabelle learns how to get along with the gender who makes Larry of the Three Stooges look like an Einstein.
Harriet Klausner
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