Gennifer Choldenko’s best-known Tales from Alcatraz series has been called “a cornerstone series in contemporary children’s literature.” Al Capone Does My Shirts—the first book in the series—was a Newbery Honor Book and the recipient of twenty other awards. All four books in the series were Junior Library Guild selections and garnered many starred reviews. Her middle-grade books, Dogtown and Mouse and His Dog, coauthored with Katherine Applegate, were instant New York Times bestsellers. She joins us with the latest in the Dogtown series, I Am a Good Dog. Gennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her loyal husband and naughty dog.
I Am a Good Dog: A Dogtown Book
Dogtown is a shelter for all dogs -- real and robot. Metal Head, a robot dog who is a longtime resident of Dogtown, yearns for a forever home. When a girl named Esme begins visiting Dogtown, Metal Head goes on a mission to get her to adopt him.
But Esme doesn’t like robot dogs. She has her heart set on taking home a gangly wolfhound mix named Ghost with one blue eye and one yellow eye. Sadly Ghost’s former owner mistreated him, so he’s terrified of everyone. Can Esme, Metal Head, Mouse, and Molly, a dog who fosters stray kittens, figure it out?
And what about Metal Head? When will he get his forever home?
The characters in the New York Times-bestselling Dogtown books have already found homes in readers’ hearts. Award-winning authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko bring humor and empathy to the story of this special shelter; with charming illustrations by Wallace West, the Dogtown books are perfect for readers at all levels.