When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog’s real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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• ISBN: 9780439597524
• Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
• Published: 2000 , Aladdin Paperbacks
• Themes: Family, Pets, Search, Seasons
• Descriptors: Awards, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Newbery, Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 137