Binding: Hardcover
Description: A sweetly humorous middle grade novel packed with action basketball and a dash of magical realism about friendship and family first crushes and belonging from acclaimed author Gary Soto. Thirteen - year - old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate Sierra but he's never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesn t help that his best friend Antonio likes to tease him about it all a little too much. But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy he's suddenly got even more on his mind than kissing Sierra and making the starting team. Can he nurse the abandoned puppy back to health (and will his parents let him keep her)? Who threw her into the canal and is it possible that there are more puppies needing rescue? And why are the cops suddenly at Jordan's door looking for him? There's something for every reader in this story's mix of humor sports themes of thrilling independence subtle strands of magical realism and timely social commentary all held together by a sweet and satisfying emotional core.
Title: Puppy Love
Author(s): Soto Gary
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063267787
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/13/2023