02509cam a2200313 4500 860640743 TxAuBib 20230620120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063267800 0063267802 B0BDZQ1LVX Amazon 81d56ba1-e102-43ff-b8da-2562f8155898 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9228351 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Soto, Gary. Puppy Love [Libby eBook]. HarperCollins, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3269kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><strong>A sweetly humorous middle grade novel packed with action, basketball, and a dash of magical realism about friendship and family, first crushes, and belonging, from acclaimed author Gary Soto.</strong></p> <p>Thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but he's never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesn't help that his best friend, Antonio, likes to tease him about it all a little too much.</p> <p>But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy, he's suddenly got even more on his mind than kissing Sierra and making the starting team. Can he nurse the abandoned puppy back to health (and will his parents let him keep her)? Who threw her into the canal—and is it possible that there are more puppies needing rescue? And why are the cops suddenly at Jordan's door, looking for him?</p> <p>There's something for every reader in this story's mix of humor, sports, themes of thrilling independence, subtle strands of magical realism, and timely social commentary, all held together by a sweet and satisfying emotional core.</p>. Juvenile Literature. Juvenile Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81d56ba1-e102-43ff-b8da-2562f8155898&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81d56ba1-e102-43ff-b8da-2562f8155898&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=81d56ba1-e102-43ff-b8da-2562f8155898&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)