His new owners begin to guess about his unknown past. He pees in the house, escapes into the woods, and barks at things unseen. Lydia is not a dog person-and this one is trouble! He is mistrustful and slinky. Lydia’s struggle for a sense of belonging in her new family is highlighted when the women adopt a big yellow dog just days after the girl’s arrival. It’s a life-altering New Year for thirteen-year-old Lydia when she uproots to a Connecticut farm to live with her aunt following her mother’s death.Īunt Brat and her jovial wife, Eileen, and their ancient live-in landlord, Elloroy, are welcoming-and a little quirky. An uplifting middle grade novel about recovery featuring strong female characters, an adorable dog, and the girl who comes to love him. This novel sings about loss and love and finding joy in new friendships and a loving family, along with the world’s best bad dog. (Feb.A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book Award finalist The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, now available in paperback. What stands out is the narrative’s essential kindness, as Lydia heals and rediscovers the meaning of home and family. Though the narrative’s leisurely pace fits within the slow, tight-knit community, it can meander. When she shares these creations with both family and new friends after a mishap, their reaction to her revelation intensifies their bonds. Lydia has her own secret, too: she initially conceals paper collages of goddesses (e.g., the Goddess of Gratitude, the Goddess of the Third Heart) that Lydia and her mother created from salvaged objects to “cope and to keep hope” as her mother’s heart grew weaker. Secrets prove a strong thread, including Lydia’s missing dad and the rehabilitation of two maimed pygmy goats. Formerly homeschooled by her mother, she must also adapt to the tiny school, where she eventually forms close friendships. Soon after she arrives, they adopt a rambunctious rescue dog, Guffer, but Lydia isn’t a dog person, and it takes time for her to warm to him.
After her single mother’s protracted illness and death, 13-year-old narrator Lydia moves to a rural Connecticut town to live with her matter-of-fact aunt Brat, her buoyant wife Eileen, their greyhound, and their elderly landlord, Elloroy.
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