A+Dogs+Life

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1. why is the dog a stray? 2. why is it dark out? 3. what type of dog is it? 4. why is the title "A Dogs Life" 5. Is it a boy or a girl? 6. why is it a dog? 7. Does it get hurt in the book? 8. What's the dog's name? 9. Does it meet a girl/boy that it falls in love with? 10. does it meet any other animals in the book? 11. why is it an autobiography? 12. does the dog tell the story? 13. does anything bad happen to the Squirrel? 14. What kind of season is it? 15. Why is it White and Black? 16. Why is it a Autobiography? 17. Why is there a trees in the back round? 18. What is it Located at? 19. Why is there grass and no flowers? 20. Is it based on all dogs? = = =__**Characters:**__=
 * Bone-** Bone is Squirrel's Brother and mother's pup
 * Mother-** Mother is Bone and Squirrel's mother ~live4friends~
 * Squirrel-** Squirrel is Bone's brother and mother's pup
 * Mine-** Mine is a fox that lives in the barn. She teaches her pups to fear nothing. mother is afraid of mine. ~live4friends~

=__**Setting**__ -= The animals live in a barn near the Merrion's house. ~live4friends~ The dog family however, lives in a wheel barrow near the house. ~live4friends~

=__**Themes:**__=

=__**Conflicts:**__= there is a orange and yellow cat that is mean to the dog family. ~live4friends

=__**Plot:**__=


 * Prologue - Night:**

I think that chapter one tells some about the characters,Bone ,Mother and,Squirrel. tis kind of sad when it says that all of the rest of the pups didn't make it out exept for one other. but Mother just ignored that one. Squirrel and Bone were the only ones healthy and strong.
 * Chapter 1 The House in the Country:**
 * -rootbeer**

I think that chapter one tells A LOT about Bone,Mother,Squirrel. It is really sad when the other dogs died in the first chapter. One of the reasons why is ,cause he/her was to small and too weak. The dog was whinning for like a hour and then it stoped! Then Bone and Squirrel were the only one to be heathy and strong enough to survive for how long they could survive for how long they can!


 * ~wolfpack*~

chapter one talked about the dogs being born. two of the dogs were born dead. that was sad. if it told if they were boys or girls, or what their name was i would tell you. but it didn't tell. three of the dogs were born. the problem, one of them was weak and much smaller than the rest. so, mother took it and threw it out of the wheelbarrow. the other two dogs were very healthy. so they lived on and on. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 2 - The Wheelbarrow:**

this chapter is about, well, mother! the two pups, bone and squirrel, were very hungry that day and they had been seeing a fox around. so they waited untill the next day. the next day, the fox got shot by the Merrions. so Mother went out to get food. she didn't come back for a while. then at night she still hadn't came back. both of the pups knew, that mom wasn't coming back... ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 3 - Mother**

in the chapter Secret Dogs There is a kid named Matthias who found bone & squirrel and decided to secretly keep and take care of them. ~live4friends~ well ill finish it. Matthias found them and fed them chicken every day. it was paridice for them. before that they would have to go out and hunt for squirrels and chipmunks. the best for them was the garbage, it was good to them. but this chicken, wow! day after day, they would get chicken for break fast. but other than that they would hunt for small animals and garbage heaps. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 4 - Secret Dogs**

The Highway is about when Bone and Squirrel find the highway and have been seen by these 2 kids named Marcy and George. So they take them home and the puppies thought if they be bad they will be kicked out so they went to the bathroom in the wrong spots and ate out of the trash can and bit Marcy and George.So after they got the house all mest up they had to sleep in the lundery room. but the 2 puppies had to go so bad they went to the bathroom in the box. So the next day they got a surpprised the next day and that was to be kicked out so they thought right.
 * Chapter 5 - The Highway:**
 * ~A&W~*

when the dogs arrived bone threw up. then George got all p.o.ed. so they kept the dogs for a while. then a horrible thing happened. butt i'm getting a head of myself. that is in the next chapter. they lived at the house for a long long time. they got fead and bone got much more attention then Squirrel. then the owners got to talking a lot. witch lead to the next chapter. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 6 - Bad Dogs**

in this chapter, bone and squirrel are split up. they are both very sad. squirrel is took buy the owners and he got dropped off. now bone is at the house alone, with no one to play with. poor squirrel and poor bone are alone. bone and squirrel have had a lot of deaths while they were around and now this, his own brother, gone. when squirrel is dropped off, he has no clue where he was. to him it was in the middle of nowhere. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 7 - The Throwaways**

this chapter tells a lot about squirrel alone, as you can tell buy the title. he a very hard life going from town to town, and eating garbage and catching small rodents, and then eating them. he dose have some fun going to a new house and making a new friend in the barn that he went to, or something. the barn isn't the same barn from the start of the book it is a new barn that he found. thats pretty much it. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 8 - Squirrel Alone**

while squirrel and bone was moving along to a new place, a person had found him in their back yard. as fast as they could they ran out of the yard back into the woods. they had thought she lost them but they were wrong. when squirrel and bone were in the woods sitting down, they herd two voices. o no. now there were two people ensted of one. they had found squirrel and bone, and had no clue what to do to them. should they take them to the pound?! well not if they can help it. they ran into the woods again into someone elces yard. it was a barn with a pond next to it. there was so many scents. bone and squirrels noses were up in the air to smell the smells. they went down to the barn and spent the night there, and in the morning they went to go find a new place to stay. they were of, shoulder to shoulder, moon and squirrel. ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 9 - On the Move**

in this chapter it starts of in summer, the days becoming shorter, squirrel and moon had found the high way. then they were on their way again. everyday they would walk many hours to get in a good distance. moon had cut her foot so they stopped and let moon lick her foot for a while. then they went over to the garbage can and started to eat when they herd a little growling from the woods right next to them. so the backed of a little and the growling became much deeper. they didn't know what to do, fight them or run a way. then the started to see many pairs of eyes. then the dogs came out barking loud. moon and squirrel broke into a run. they were running faster then they had ever ran before. then they had to deside what to do. ~*rootbeer this chapter is about squirrel and moon walking and all of their wounds that the other dogs made healing. it took a long time and the wounds were infected so they rely hurt but they were tough dogs and could both handle it. they would sleep in soft places so that the had stuff wouldn't get in the wounds. they would have a good night unless there were other animals making noise. that was the first problem. the second one is if they couldn't find a goroge or something. then they would have to walk to the woods and sleep on the grass if their lucky. ~*rootbeer*~ both of the dogs were licking their wounds, they only had a little more time until they had to stop and find a new place for winter. summer was going to be over in a little while. they had to move fast. one last lick and they were off.then they saw little ice crystals. they didn't reconize it at first but then they knew it was snow. the leafs were on the trees still and yet the snow came down. they had a little while until snow was supposed to come. they found a nice little town called Claremont witch was their home for the summer. when they first arived they knew that the town was wonderful! they were going to have the best winter, mabey... ~*rootbeer*~
 * Chapter 10 - The Fight**
 * Chapter 11 - Healing**
 * Chapter 12 - Town Dogs**
 * Chapter 13 - The Long Winter

Chapter 14 - Moon** Squirrel and Moon see garbage on the other side of the road so go acrost the road. But they don't see a car coming and that car was going as fast as it can go. When Moon and Squirrel were in the middle of the road they did not see the car and the 2 people in the car are listining to music and don't see the dog so when they both found out what happened is was when they hit each other. So when they both hit each other Moon died seconds after, Squirrel was in shock, and the 2 people in the car make it a big deal out of the crash and they cried when they saw Moon dieing and thinking Squirrel just died. So the 2 people took the dogs to the vet and found out that Moon died when the 2 people hit them. They found out that Squirrel is in shock. ~*A&W*~

time to try and fix it. ~live4friends~
 * Chapter 15 - Gentle Hands-** Well in this chapter there was this family that ran into squirrel and now the she isn't moving. the doctors name is Dr. Roth. The people who hit the dog were very sad. Squirrel had a broken leg and Dr. Roth said that she would donate her

the merrions' barn. Squirrels new name is daisy. and now she has two little kids to play with. and she finally has a home. ~live4friends~
 * Chapter 16 - Summer Dog -** squirrel now had a home and lived at the Beckers' garage. it reminded squirrel about her old home in

hurt badly. and then took off running again. ~live4friends~
 * Chapter 17 - Farm Dog -** well squirrel is on her own again. and everyone is putting out food were ever she went. she was about to pounce on a squirrel but then she heard a gun shot and took off running. Then she heard another BAM! and saw a deer bleeding and


 * Chapter 18 - The Scent of Bone

Chapter 19 - Old Woman

Chapter 20 - Addie Squirrel had found a new and very nice owner named Susan! She got named Addie. So Addie slept next to the radiator in the kitchen and she slept all through the night and didn't wake up until the next morning. Although before she went to sleep Susan gave Addie some toys and a bowl of water and food. Addie sat by the fire and played with her toys then took a mouthful of food then a long drink then repeated over again. After a little while Susan asked Addie if she had to go to the bathroom, so Addie got up. Susan clipped the collar around Addie's neck and hooked a leash to it. The headed outside to the front yard. When they both came back inside, Susan laid Addie's bed in the kitchen by the radiator. Then drifted off asleep, watching Susan walk down the hallway, and disappear. writes sgymnast

Chapter 21 - Companion Addie said,"I slept soundly that first night at Susan's ,on my bed by the radiator!" Well in the morning Susan was about to Good Morning to Addie and before she said that Addie was about to do something, but she didn't get enough time! So then she said Good Morning and then pet her down the back and Addie really like that! ~wolfpack~

Chapter 22 - Two Old Ladies

Chapter 23 - Home**

__**Day 1 Response Questions:**__

 * **The author uses the point of view of the dog as the narrator for the novel.**
 * **Why might they have chosen to use this literary tool?**
 * **Do you think it is effective in telling the story in a more interesting / effective way?**
 * **Describe your favorite pet.**
 * **How might being a pet owner make kids more engaged in reading a novel of this type of genre?**
 * **Mother finds a spot where she feels "safe." Describe your "safe" spot - whether real or ideal.**

I think the author used the view of a dog because it's more interesting and it will make people more engaged. especially if you are a person who likes dogs! Yes I do. because if it was a dog story, and about a dog's life than wouldn't it make more sence if the dog was telling the story, and if a person who was telling the story than it wouldn't be as detailed because dogs can't talk to people. my favorite pet is my cat Sage she cuddles with me and is very nice. because they have their own pet than they probably like animals. my safe spot is by my mother. because she always makes me feel safe.

~live4friends~

my favorite pet would have to be a dog/ puppy.I love them! †he reason i do is because dogs are so good at doing jumps and hunting food. and i like them because i have always had a dog and never a cat! I think the author used that tool because I think its cool to know what a dog is thinking. i am more engaged because i can kind of relate to what my dog and the dogs in the do. my "safe" spot would be in my room(i guess) i love it in there. i can listen to music, do homework, watch T.V. and i can sleep. from: rootbeerMI7

The author uses the dog to narrate because Squirrel is the main dog in the story and it is a biography of a dog and they just happened to pick her. When the dog is telling the story it gets a little more exciting than the author just telling us what the dog is doing every time it moves and you are getting the dog side of the story and how it feels. If the author was telling the story he wouldn't know what the dog is thinking but the dog would! My favorite pet and is my pet would be a Yellow Lab ( a dog ) and his name is Bo. Bo is a big puppy and is 3 years old. Being a pet owner would get more into this book because they may know things about a dog but this book might get you more into the book to find more info then you already know. but I think people with out pets might get into this book and after you might want a dog. My safe place is when I am in my bed under the covers because I watch scare moves or show or I maybe be reading a scare book.
 * A&W says:**
 * BYE**

The author uses the point of view of the dog as the narrator for the novel because she likes dogs and it is very intresting of __A Dogs Life__ They would of used this for a tool is cause it is a good novel and a awesome novel. I think that is a good section and that It could be a little bit more descreptive for this novel on the other hand it is awesome. My favorite pet is a dogs and she is a Husky! I think having a pet gets everyone excited for this book and if you have read this book then you would of really described dogs really well. My safe spot is in my bedroom cause i like my room and that it really safe plus my house my safe spot too cause that is were I live!


 * ~wolfpack*~

The author that wrote the book made the dog the narrator because he is the main character in the story.The reason why she made the dog the main character because she luvs dogs and I think that it is pretty creative to write a book about dogs.Realy I would make up a book about my favorite animal if I could choose one cuz I have a lot of favorites and I can't decide which one is my favorite.

Sgymnast :)

__**Day 2 Response Questions:**__

 * The dogs need to keep a low profile while the Merrion kids play in the yard. They want to play outside too, but cannot. Tell about a time when you've wanted to do something really bad, but weren't able to. Loss is a key theme from today's reading selection. Describe a time when you've dealt with loss**

When I wanted to go over to my friends house well when I couldn't cause my parents weren't home untill an hour! Well we where going to the Mall and we seen a sign says "Free dogs", So then we went down that road! Then we seen the house,but we found out what kind of Dogs they were,they were German Shepard! They were so adourable but then my dad said"No cause we already a Husky and if we did it would have to be outside and not be inside! Well my dad said nothat is what I was trying to tell you! P.S Thank you for reading this Response! P.S Thank you for reading this Response! wolfpack

QuEsTiOn 1-Well, one time i rely wanted to go to the carnival with all my friends. I was so looking forward to going but my mom said we were going up north to my Aunt and Uncle's. i was so mad! But i still had a lot of fun at my aunt and uncles. QuEsTiOn 2-i have had many losses in my life, my grate-grandma, my other uncle, and many others. the good thing is that i still have both of my grandparents. buy buy!!! user:rootbeerMI7rootbeeruser:rootbeerMI7

Last year I wanted to go to the Carnival but wasn't able to because my mother couldn't afford it. We got to do something that was equally fun but didn't cost as much. I've also lost toys, family members, and pets that were very dear to me.

~live4friends~

Well the time I didn't get to do what I wanted was when I was going to the fair with my friend but before I got ready my mom wanted me to do a job but I refused to do it, so I got grounded. I was mad but cept my cool, so the next day I went with him and the job was easy I had to clean my room. I learned big time, that you can't all was get your way every time. The time when I have big losses is when I lose a pet and a grandparent like my Grandma Burke she was a big sweetheart that every one I knew called her Grandma Burke. When she died they all said  I sure going to miss her. I have been though so many pets I don't know what to do. I have probley been through about 10 or 9 pets but I gust have to live with it there not humens they don't live as long as us, they don't do half the stuff we do so they die a lot sooner.
 * A&W says:**
 * BYE**

Well there was one time that my mom and my sister went to the mall with one of her friends and I didn't get to go. I got really mad and didn't talk to them until they made me say something to them. I have dealt with loss when my Uncle Tom died and I didn't want him to go yet. Sgymnast :)

__**Day 3 Wiki Repsonse Question:**__

 * In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.**

well in ERAGON eragon's mother left and never came back, and in A DOG'S LIFE the dog mother left and so far hasn't come back. also in the book A DOG WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS there is a dog that is a stray and in A DOG'S LIFE there is a stray dog. in THE RICKTEY BARN SHOW there is a barn with lots of different kinds of animals and in A DOG'S LIFE there is a barn with lots of different kinds of animals.

~live4friends~

wolfpack says My three connections I make with this story is that I love dogs and that is what the story about and that is what the storys main characters! Plus they have LOTS of details and Desciption! Then the mother having Babies and like 3 of them died and My a lot older Brother died cause he was to weak and that lots of family members died and I am not really happy about that either! Take Care!

My 3 Text to Text connections are I have read a lot of biography books and I think this is the best book I have read. So this book is just like the book we are reading in Mrs. Patel because there are people that are being held captive, they escape and the book A Dogs Life the 2 dogs are being pets to George and Marcy. But they figured out that if they be pain in the but they will be let go. My 2 connection is when the mother is having birth she wonts to be in a secret place, so she goes to the shed and in the tuck everlasting the tucks wont to be a secret to the world so the are living out in the woods so far that no one will fined them but people did because Winnie runs away from her family and people find heroes the Tucks have been fond. My 3 connection is that the dogs aren't dieing they are holding on and is living with out a mom. I know if I have no mom I sure not survive. In the book about Abe Lincoln, Abe did not give up to be president and a hole bunch of things I could never do but he keep his head in the game just like my baseball team but we were down by 13 and ending up losing, but we will learn and we did not care if we were down we were here to have fun and didn't care, we were there to play and that is what that matters. Abe did not give up and he won the election for president.
 * A&W says**:
 * BYE**

One of the three text to texts are that the novel Is very sad right where we are in the book and the second is that the book is getting more exciting and you don't want to stop reading cause there is so much more information in the back of the book than in the front of the book. The last text to text would be that everything that we have been reading so far is that we have been learning more about the book now than before, for an example I didn't want to read it but then I tried the book and I just don't want to stop reading it. Another thing about the book is that she puts a lot of what she needs to write and it is just really cool that she can do that. Little kids would love this book and I think that is really sweet! sgymnast :)

rotbeer says my 3t-t connections are: 1-when in the book Naked Brothers Band, Nate and Alex had lost their mom just like in the book Dog's Life. in N.B.B the book it dosn't tell how she left but in Dog's Life the mom went to go get food and never came back... 2-My scond book is the book Island Book 2. in almost the middle Radford(captain) left them(the kids). i would say he "ran away" and in Dog's Life both of the dogs ran away too. 3-Last but not least the book island book 1 everyone makes friends and in DL(Dogs Life)the dogs make friends with all the animals in the barn, even the cats! bi bi

__Day 4 Wiki Response Questions:__

 * Connecting prior knowledge and experience to reading deepens comprehension. I would like you to explain one type of connection that you've made with the book you've been reading. __List__ and __explain__ the __type of connection made__ & __answer how this helped you to understand the story better__.

The four types of connections are: Text-to-Text (T-T) These connections made between the text and you are reading and what you have read elsewhere.

Text-to-World (T-W) These are connections made between the text you are reading and the bigger issues and events going on in the world.

Text-to-Self (T-S) These are connections made between the text you are reading and your own experiences.**

wolfpack says, Text-to-Text-Well The story makes it better cause it is a very good Book but it didn't really make sense and other books i read else where and that u could sort of understand it alot of making sense like when Mine {the Fox} Well I didn't realize that it was a Fox and that I thought it was a another dog that the Mom had! Text-to-World-My connections are that once the KITS were born they were part of the world and that they don't get messed around with cause they are wild and that they could have something else go on with them. Text-to-Self-Well it is a really good book and I would think that they did make another book for these books ~wolfpack~

Text-Within-Text (T-W-T) These are connections made between the text you are reading and another section of the same text. Well when I heard about the mom leaving and never coming back and then bone and Squirrel getting separated and then bone getting a home with humans remined me of a time... A boy named Mica Brown (my brother's friend) was walking along the edge of the road and saw a family of raccoons. there was a mom and two little babies that didn't even have their eyes open yet and they were walking across the road when a car came and ran over the mom and one of the babies but the other one was whimpering beside it's mother. Mica desided to take the baby raccoon home. and I don't know if it's dead or he let it go. it's not exactly the same like they didn't get seperated but only one got to live in a home with people. ~live4friends~

This book is very good I really like it. When I saw this book, at frist I thought it looked pretty stupid and looked like it was about what a dog eat and ect. __A Dog's Life__ is not that stupid it is very good book, it is getting more exciting every time I put my face in the book. My Text-to-Text connection is when Bone and Squirrel got taken in by George and Marcy and they thought if you be bad you mit get out. So the next day they were thrown out and were seen again. That was a connection to the book I was reading in Miss. Patel. In that book these 2 girls ceep leaving thier sheep on the mesa, then these 2 men found out were the girls are going to be and the men saw them put the sheep up on the mesa and took the girls. Once the got to thier meting place and the next day they ascaped and got home thanks to the woman next door but that was not the last time they met they met back at the mesa and the men brought lots more men. My Text-to-World connection is the time Bone and Squirrel got thrown out of the house but they servived and the text I am texting to is that is there are people out there that will through out dogs for no reson, there are people out there that can't aford a dog so they pich them out, and there are dogs out there that throw them out because they don't tack care of them. My Text-to-Self connection is that Bone and Squirrel are folish and so am I. My Text-Within-Text connection is when the mama dog is having her babys and she has to throw one out of the weelborw and Bone and Squirrel get thrown out of the house.
 * A&W says:**
 * BYE**

as a &w said i think it is a very good book. it is also queit sad. Their mother died bone and squirrel got seporated and bone and moon get in a huge fight with other dogs. mt tect connection would have to be t-w connection. it is when in the movie three brothers a dog is lost(happened in DL) and he finds a family of rabits(bone finds moon) and they are happy. im not shure if bone will find his brother with moon. but in three brothers the dog finds his way home ~rootbeer~

sgymnast writes, One thing that A&W and Rootbeer said it is a really good book for a children's book, and I think that is very cool! I also think that the author would have been more creative then she is in this book. I think that her other books might be more creative and exciting, so that people would read more into the book and stuff. And again good job to the author on "The Dogs Life."

__Day 5 Wiki Response questions:__

 * The "handouts" at the supermarket were really a trap. Describe a time when you thought one thing, but in reality the opposite was true. Describe how Squirrel feels about Moon from the P. O, V, of Squirrel. How does this relationship end? Explain. If you were a dog, how would you explain it to a pup?**

Well I asked my friend if she knew who won the Baseball game for the Detriot Tigers team and she said yes! Then I asked her but then she said that they won but they actually lost.Squirrel didn't feel very happy.The relationship ends once they found about P.O.V! Well I would explain it by like talking to him/her about it abd if they don't understand then I would say it even slower. ~wolfpack~Bye

well this didn't happen to me but I heard a true story about this girl who was walking by herself and a man asked her if she wanted to see some pupies and that they were in the back of the truck. so she went over to the truck and there was no pupies. she was shoved in to the truck and the man started doing something I can't menthion. She managed to get away and reported to the police and obveously he had done it to a bunch of other little girls and had killed them all so they couldn't tell anyone. Well I don't really know what I would tell a pup. ~live4friends~

The time I was told and it was not true is when I was asking someone if the Pistons won or lost, they told me they lost but they won. I got so angry because I thought the Pistons were not in the series any more, but when I heard I had so I got a lot of relef. I think Squirrel fells really bad I mean I would be ballen too. If I were a dog I would go up to my pup and say I thinkk it is time to face your fear and Go out into the wildernice and not be afrad to die.
 * A&W says:**
 * BYE**

well one time I thought that we were going to go get ice cream(my family) but really we went to the I.G.A. to get stuff. I was kind of mad. but not really. I think that squirrel feels so bad! I mean come on, if my best friend got ran over by a car I would be so sad. I bet whoever is reading this would be sad if someone they cared about got ran over. I would hope the driver would be sad or ashamed. well bi bi! ~rootbeer~

sgymnast writes, One time I was in the car and my mom said we were going somewhere and we drove into the parking lot to the pet store(cause my cat died from poison) to get a new kitten and I got so excited when we turned away from the pet store and were going out to eat at Apple Bees. So when we were eating I asked my mom if we could go to the pet store and look around at the animals, she said "nice try" and I got really mad and didn't talk until my mom couldn't take it anymore cause I wouldn't answer her, and she said go get in the car we are going to get a kitten! I was so happy! Ya I know what it feels like to lose someone. That would be horrible.

Good readers make many predictions while they are reading. Some predictions turn out to be true, while others are "off."
 * __Day 6 Wiki Response Questions:__**

List some of your predictions you made while reading this novel.

What would you predict would happen if there was a sequel to this novel? What direction might the author take with the characters?

Would you recommend the novel to others? Why or why not? Explain.

Well I only had 2 predictions to the novel and they were that when moon dies I don't know what Bone and Squirrel will do with out there mom and my prediction was they are going to die just like there mom and they didn't and I so imprest that they did not freaked out, but I would. My 2nd predictions is What would happen to Bone because the kids that took Bone and Squirrel and I thought Bone would not stay alive with out mom, dad, and all the rest of the dogs but they meet again. Well my prediction to what would happen in the next sequel to this novel, if thee was one would be Squirrel gets found by the 2 kids again and mit do the same as last time that she askaps and ceep geting found over and over. The author is taking the characters direction to show them how to be not afaid and nothing is inposible. Well I would and would not because some times it is a love sean and sometimes it is really sevivle and just very cool sometimes. BYE**
 * A&W says:**

I predicted that there was a squirrel in the book but really that was the name of the caracter. Also I predicted that mine was going to be a big part in this but she wasn't. I don't really know mabe make a 2nd book and in the last book they make they finally have squirrel have a home that she lives in for the rest of her life. meets a male dog and has pups. I would recomend this book to another student because it was a really good book I enjoyed it a bunch and I think that it was one of the best books I have ever read, and that's probally because I like animals. ~live4friends~

wolfpack says, Well I have a prediction that while the dogs are being cared about the dogs while the Mother had the Baby that had the Baby that died after a hour and only lasted for a hour! I would think that you could be a awarded for best selling books! I think that the author is going to go the right way with a different book. I would recommend this book cause it is a very good book.

rootbeer says: well, one of my predictions was way off. i prodicted that Squirrel was going to be alone for the rest of the book. i also thought that no one was going to die because it would be so sad and it would destroy some of the book, but three of the dogs and a fox has died and the book is still the best! see ya!

sgymnast writes, Well one of my predictions were that I thought that Bone and Squirrel were going to stay together for the whole book, but I was wrong. Another thing was that I thought that they would find the mother, but then again I was wrong. Yes I would recomend another person to read this novel cause it is an awesome book to read!