How To Steal A Dog
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 149
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: homeless persons, problem families, conduct of life, interpersonal relations, brothers and sisters, north carolina [X], dysfunctional families [X], dogs, siblings [X], family problems, pets, animals
Caterpillar Summer
Since her father's death, Cat has taken care of her brother, Chicken, for their hardworking mother but while spending time with grandparents they never knew, Cat has the chance to be a child again.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: single-parent families, siblings [X], responsibility, islands, grandparents, family life, dysfunctional families [X], family problems, brothers and sisters, north carolina [X], families, domestic fiction