Liberty

The Puppy Place #32

by Ellen Miles

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.

Lizzie and her family go to the beach for a July 4th weekend trip. Liberty, a golden retriever puppy, gets spooked by the fireworks display and loses her owners. Can the Petersons find her home, even while they are on vacation?

Genres: Fiction, Animals, Childrens, Chapter Books, Realistic Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 29, 2014

Reviews

[Hallie Jensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seemed like it could/would never happen in reel life ( I like a realistic book😊)

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liberty, a golden retriever gets spooked by the fireworks. The puppy gets lost and Lizzie helps the pup.
Will they be able to find the pups owner? Read the whole book to find it all out.

The petersons bring the little puppy to their house and then they start looking for the pups owner. When they do find the owner Liberty is so HAPPY!

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lizzie, and her younger brother, Charles, are in elementary school. The Peterson family have a puppy named Buddy plus they foster dogs and help them find homes.

The Petersons are on vacation with family and are renting a cabin near the beach. There are fireworks one night and everyone is there to watch. Suddenly a golden retriever puppy is running loose and Lizzie eventually catches her. According to the tag on her collar, her name is Liberty. Lizzie's dad calls the phone number on the tag and leaves voice mail messages and the family makes and posts signs. A couple days go by with no response from Liberty's owner(s).

Though this book is a quick read and directed at elementary-aged children, I found it entertaining. There is a learning experience and a puppy tip at the end. It is written in third person perspective and first person from Liberty's point of view. It is the thirty-second in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 66 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.

Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2023/04...

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was funny because it was the 4th of July when Liberty had run away because he saw fireworks. The fireworks were hurting her ears so she ran away from her owners. It was funny that her name is Liberty and it was the 4th of July when she ran away. I thought it was going to end up where Liberty needed a new home, but Lizzy & Charles put up "Lost Dog" signs and the police helped get her back to her family.

[Marlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice story in this fun series. Different parts of the book were filled with such suspense that my daughter could hardly stand to have us put the book down. It was nice that this puppy actually had a home.

[Sirhurricane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puppy!
🐶🐕🦮🐕‍🦺

[Tabatha Sater · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good😀😀😀😀😀

[Catha]

Summer Tutoring book 🎉

[Julesy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Peterson family go out of town to watch the fireworks with relatives on the beach. During the fireworks show, the family capture a runaway golden retriever puppy, frightened by the firework explosions. While the Petersons look for the owners of the puppy, appropriately named Liberty, Lizzie is wondering why her "fruzzin" (friend + cousin) is disappearing for long periods of time.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

We started the Puppy Place series as a read aloud when our son was in second grade. We have enjoyed them, but now that he's in third, he's getting slightly tired of the rote storyline. Still good writing and story, but maybe for the K-2nd grade students.

[R · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute. Short book though.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story, but leans more towards girls.