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    Dog Days
    Dog Days
    Dog Days
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    Dog Days

    By Becky Citra

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    Brady is a dreadful card player and he doesn't like dogs. His mother has moved him across the country to be near to his grandfather who insists on playing (and winning) endless games of Crazy Eights and whose ornery, ancient dog makes Brady's life miserable. Abra, next door, is nice to him, but she dresses like a witch and she's a girl. The only way that Brady can see to make real friends in his new home is to enter the upcoming dog show, but how is he going to do that without a dog?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781459806009
    Dog Days
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    Becky Citra

    Becky Citra is the author of over twenty books, ranging from early chapter books to novels for young adults. She was an elementary school teacher for over twenty-five years and began writing for children in 1995. Becky's books have been shortlisted for and won many awards, including the Red Cedar Award, the Diamond Willow, the Silver Birch and the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. She lives in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

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      Dog Days - Becky Citra

      Dog Days

      Becky Citra

      ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS

      Copyright © 2003 Becky Citra

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced

      or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

      mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any

      information storage and retrieval system now known or to be

      invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

      Citra, Becky

      Dog days / Becky Citra.

      An Orca young reader

      ISBN 1-55143-256-0

      I. Title.

      PS8555.I87D63 2003         jC813’.54         C2002-911517-5

      PZ7.C499Do 2003

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2002115955

      Summary: Brady must overcome his fear of dogs if he wants to

      make friends in a new town.

      Free teachers’ guide available.

      Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support of

      its publishing programs provided by the following agencies:

      the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council

      for the Arts, and the British Columbia Arts Council.

      Cover design by Christine Toller

      Cover & interior illustrations by Helen Flook

      Printed and bound in Canada

      05 04 03 • 5 4 3 2 1

      Contents

      chapter one

      chapter two

      chapter three

      chapter four

      chapter five

      chapter six

      chapter seven

      chapter eight

      chapter nine

      chapter ten

      chapter eleven

      chapter twelve

      chapter one

      We are now approaching the planet Jupiter.

      Brady piloted his model of the Starship Enterprize across Gramp’s living room. He dodged between an ancient windup record player and an old dusty saddle.

      The model was an early birthday present from Mom. He’d stayed up late three nights building it. Brady bit his lip. It was one of the best things he’d ever made, and there was no one to see it.

      Footsteps slapped in the hall. Brady landed the Starship gently on a faded velvet armchair. Gramp shuffled into the living room. His slippers looked like bear paws. Wild horses galloped across his pajamas. He was carrying a large box wrapped in newspaper.

      Mom came through the kitchen doorway, wiping her hands on a tea towel. She shot Brady a warning look. Brady knew what it meant. Pretend you like the present. His heart thumped. Gramp always gave him weird presents. Last year it was a horseshoe. Mom had told him to hang it over his door for good luck. Well, it sure hadn’t worked.

      For a second, Brady let himself think about last year’s birthday. He and Mom had been living in the city, far away from Gramp. The horseshoe had come in the mail in a box covered with masking tape. Brady and his best friends, Thomas and Jason, had rolled their eyes and laughed. Then Mom had treated them to the pool and the arcade and a movie. It had been a great birthday. He’d planned to do exactly the same thing this year.

      That was before Gramp got his problem. That’s what Mom called it. Gramp’s problem. Anger bubbled up inside Brady again.

      He’s afraid to go out of the house, Mom had explained patiently. It’s sort of an old person’s thing.

      Mr. Tadley goes out, and he’s old, Brady had pointed out. Mr. Tadley lived in the apartment next to Mom and Brady. He rode a motorcycle and gave Brady a loonie when they rode up in the elevator.

      Mom’s forehead had wrinkled. That was a bad sign. Brady should have seen trouble coming. But it was hard to worry about a grandfather he had never even met, a grandfather who lived thousands of miles away in a little town on the other side of the country.

      Then Mom had ruined his life.

      Moving? We’re moving? Brady’s stomach had plunged to his feet.

      Cold with shock, he had listened to Mom’s arguments. She had a great new job opportunity. They could see

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