Rescue Pup by Jean Little Date of Publication: 2004 ISBN: 0-13-205820-0 Number of Pages: 101

REQUIRED READING ABILITY: Junior: Low/Average
GENRES: Realism
THEMES : Family - Coming of Age

SUMMARY:
Shakespeare is a Seeing Eye puppy who goes to live his first year before formal training in a foster home. There he is in the care of a rebellious, unhappy foster child named Tessa, who has a dark secret and a heavy heart. Shakespeare has the ability to understand human language and he does his best to teach the girl to reach out to others and allow herself to be loved…but can he help her heal her broken heart so she can finally love herself?

WHO WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK? A kid who...
- loves animals
- is sensitive to the feelings of others
- feels that no one understands him/her
- likes stories that seem simple, but have deeper meanings hidden within them

WHAT ELSE?
Forward, Shakespeare, and it was nominated for the Silver Birch Award in 2005 . Jean Little, an award-winning and prolific author from Guelph, Ontario, is herself blind, and makes a wonderful role model for others with the success she's had at overcoming what others have seen as a disability.

RELATED LINK:
Her website can be found at http://www.jeanlittle.com/ and there is a teacher's guide provided by the publisher at http://orca.powerwebbook.com/client/PDFs
/TeachersGuides/Orca%20Young%20Readers/RescuePupTG.pdf .