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.
Highly recommended for ages ten and up.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. Once again, Connor has given us a hero with depth of feeling and layers of behaviors that make her so real that it’s impossible to not get emotionally involved with her story. Cook, two of my favorite middle grade books. Leslie Connor is also the author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, a National Book Award finalist, and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Although she never considered herself a dog person before, Lydia bonds with Gruffer and her new adults and begins to feel like she belongs.
Art helps Lydia get through her grief and so does an unruly, untrained, big, yellow dog adopted from the animal shelter. Collages of scrap paper, scrap fabric, and other odds and ends became their Goddesses. This story about grief and starting over is as soft, comforting, and beautiful as the hand-knitted sweater that Lydia wears constantly to keep her mother close to her.īefore she died, Lydia’s mom spent several years waiting on a heart transplant and during those years, she taught Lydia how to fill the waiting time with art. After her mother dies, 12-year-old Lydia goes to live with her aunt Brat, and her aunt’s wife Eileen on a farm that they care for while also caring for the ancient owner of the farm, Elloroy.
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