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Wander
He just appears one day--a grayish dog with white-tipped ears and a tail that wags like crazy. And he keeps coming back, until it feels to James and his younger sister, Sary, as if the old stray is their very own. Soon they've given the dog a name, and after that both children are bound to protect him against all odds. Even if it means keeping him a secret from Dad.
Home has been a lonely place since Mom died last winter. Dad spends too much time apart from James and Sary, and though their aunt Lorrie does her best to add cheer, a painful silence fills their house. But now a frisky companion has become part of their lives, and if James and Sary can figure out a way to bring the dog into the family, maybe joy and comfort will tag along with him.
Home has been a lonely place since Mom died last winter. Dad spends too much time apart from James and Sary, and though their aunt Lorrie does her best to add cheer, a painful silence fills their house. But now a frisky companion has become part of their lives, and if James and Sary can figure out a way to bring the dog into the family, maybe joy and comfort will tag along with him.
133 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 1998
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May 24, 2025
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He just appears one day--a grayish dog with white-tipped ears and a tail that wags like crazy. And he keeps coming back, until it feels to James and his younger sister, Sary, as if the old stray is their very own. Soon they've given the dog a name, and after that both children are bound to protect him against all odds. Even if it means keeping him a secret from Dad.
Home has been a lonely place since Mom died last winter. Dad spends too much time apart from James and Sary, and though their aunt Lorrie does her best to add cheer, a painful silence fills their house. But now a frisky companion has become part of their lives, and if James and Sary can figure out a way to bring the dog into the family, maybe joy and comfort will tag along with him.
He just appears one day--a grayish dog with white-tipped ears and a tail that wags like crazy. And he keeps coming back, until it feels to James and his younger sister, Sary, as if the old stray is their very own. Soon they've given the dog a name, and after that both children are bound to protect him against all odds. Even if it means keeping him a secret from Dad.
Home has been a lonely place since Mom died last winter. Dad spends too much time apart from James and Sary, and though their aunt Lorrie does her best to add cheer, a painful silence fills their house. But now a frisky companion has become part of their lives, and if James and Sary can figure out a way to bring the dog into the family, maybe joy and comfort will tag along with him.
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January 19, 2023Really nicee book club book
June 21, 2010
This book would have been better if it wasn't so obivious. I mean all dog books end the same way, there's a stray dog someone finds it. Then the dog or the owner dies and you're depressed. Why did I even read this?? I watched a movie called Hachi and there's a stray dog and this dude gets it and Hachi (hachi is the dog) follows him to work everyday and waits outside until he comes out and they go home. Then the owner dies. I know right? He just falls over! Then the dogs waits at the place for a really long time!! He was waiting for him to come out! But obiviously he didn't! But then to make you even more depressed at the end they tell you that it's a true story and the dog waited there for 9 years! Then he died.
I hate dog stories.
I hate dog stories.
November 8, 2012
I read this book when I was a kid and it quickly became my favorite. It is a very sweet story
April 18, 2013
Will a stray dog mend the broken hearts of James and his sister Sary, who's Mom died and Dad has distanced himself from them?
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