The Barking Puppy

Summary

Heartwarming and humorous, this middle grade series celebrates friendship and the power of community—for fans of Jeanne Birdsall’s The Penderwicks and Karina Yan Glaser’s The Vanderbeekers

When Sophie and her two Jack Russell terriers move to Boston, she’s excited not to be the only brown kid in the neighborhood anymore. She instantly likes the quirky teenager named Juno next door and her pug, Bonney. But not everything’s easy. Sophie’s classmates make fun of her overalls. The upstairs neighbor hates barking. And Bonney needs surgery that Juno’s family can’t afford.

So Sophie and Juno invent the Barking Puppy, the first-ever newspaper written “by dogs” and “for dogs.” But will anyone else get how funny it is? And, more important, can they raise enough money selling it in time to save Bonney? Will the landlord kick Sophie and her mom out before they even get started?

Don’t miss this first edition of a doggone great series and find out for yourself!