Scruffy

The Puppy Place #67

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. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren’t sure if she’s lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants… and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy goes viral, getting her tons of attention and many possible homes. Maybe even too many!

96 pages, Paperback

Published October 17, 2023

Reviews

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lizzie and Charles are in elementary school. Their family, the Petersons, have a puppy named Buddy plus they foster dogs and help them find homes.

Charles and his friend, Sammy, are walking home and they hear whining near an abandoned house. They investigate and discover a puppy stuck in a fence. Charles' dad helps get the puppy get free and when they take her to the vet, Rachel, the technician, names her Scruffy because of her appearance. Rachel is very much into social media and creates an account for Scruffy which becomes a hit. So there's no shortage of people wanting to adopt her. Charles and Lizzie, though, have been bickering a lot lately which might jeopardize their future in fostering puppies.

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 Scruffy's point of view. It is the 67th in the Puppy Place series.

Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2023/12...

[Rebekah Gasperoni · Rating 3 out of 5]

I should clarify I have nothing against this series, but this was the second series I ever read, the first from the library. I have been keeping up for the books, but whether this is goodbye or the next book, the final goodbye is coming... 🤧

I think I might be getting too old for these...
How (I'm pretty sure) My younger self would react - Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo that was SO good! I just wish Charles and Lizzie could have gotten along sooner 😢
Me: wait- It's over? *Checks time* Already? But the plot just got going...

Of course there are other examples, but goodbye is soon.

Anyways on to the review!

Charles and Lizzie are fighting, their foster puppy is in the mix, which is blowing up on social media. I wondered if the man who thought Scruffy was his actually was the owner of the mother of Scruffy, which would make sense since he said, "She looked like this dog but was bigger" And scruffy was young and didn't have a collar... But then the book ended. Ah well. And that's the summary.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another great intro to chapter books for my Kindergartener.

[Anna Barnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes of course I’m going to count the chapter books I bought for my classroom towards my Goodreads challenge