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Title: It's a Dog's Life Author: Bob Balaban Copyright date: 2003 Pages: 178 AR points: 4.0 BL: 6.1

It's a Dog's Life is about a boy named Thomas and his dog McGrowl. They were excited because McGrowl was going to be in a commercial with the candidate running for mayor, Mr. Muchnick. Thomas was a curious and nosey young boy. He was always right there if something weird happened. Things that happen in this book are the class treasury gets stolen and the files in the office get spread everywhere, and as you know, Thomas was on the case. Thomas has brown hair and is tall for his age.

This story takes place at Thomas house and around his city or town. This book was sometime between spring and summer because the dog show was going on and it was outside. I also know this book was sometime between then because the voting for mayor was also going on. This book took place during school time. I know this because Thomas and his friend Violet always used the excuse we have to work on a school project. "Thomas finished searching under the crawl space beneath the garage and forlornly surveyed the empty yard." (pg. 5)

Thomas and Violet feel something fishy going on when the school treasury is stolen. After the treasury, it starts getting more suspicious because all the files in the nurses' office are spread all over the desk.Thomas and Violet go on major detective journeys through his neighborhood until they finally find who did the suspicious things. To find out who it was you'll have to read the book. I own the book so if you need to borrow it feel free to ask.

I would recommend this book to people in the grade levels of 3 through 6 because it has hard words but it would be too childish for high schoolers. I would also recommend this book to dog lovers. I recommend it to dog lovers because the book has the dog show in it and talks about the dog and how he helps solve the problem. I would recommend this to people who like mysteries because of the mystery from the treasury and the files. This book would be good for people who also like reading because it has 170 pages.