Book Detective

Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me.

Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running ? well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring. With Strider's help, Leigh finds that the future he once hated to be asked about now holds something he never expected: hope.

Socks by Beverly Cleary

The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting

Pick of the Litter by Bill Wallace

A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace

Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary

No Dogs Allowed! by Bill Wallace

The Great Escape by Bill Wallace

The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor

Ribsy by Beverly Cleary

Finding Danny by Linzi Glass

Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary

The Cybil War by Betsy Byars

Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin

Snot Stew by Bill Wallace

The Cats of Roxville Station by Jean Craighead George

Out of the ashes by Michael Morpurgo

Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary

The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace

The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars