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    Maggie & Oliver or A Bone of One's Own

    By Valerie Hobbs and Jennifer Thermes

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    Maggie is always full of questions. But a young maid in a fine lady's house isn't supposed to wonder so much, so one day Maggie is thrown out into the street with only a tiny heart-shaped locket for a keepsake. Who is the lady in the locket?

    A little dog named Oliver is pushing his nose along an icy sidewalk searching for his lost mistress, or at least something to eat. No matter how hard he looks he can't find either one, but he does see a girl with round blue eyes and a golden locket around her neck. The girl calls him "Lucky."

    And perhaps Lucky is the right name after all, for the little dog soon helps Maggie find a warm, wonderful home of her own—and one for him, too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 25, 2011
    ISBN9781429975643
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    Maggie & Oliver or A Bone of One's Own
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    Valerie Hobbs

    Valerie Hobbs is the author of Sheep, Defiance, and several other middle grade and young adult novels. She is known for her finely tuned realism and memorable characters. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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    • 4/5
      Oliver the dog finds himself homeless when his beloved Bertie dies and Maggie the orphan foundling finds herself on the street when she angers the mistress of the house in which she has been working.
      "Pluck, gumption, and optimism stand them both in good stead as they cope with cold, hunger, and loneliness. Things look up when their stories intersect, and our inkling of a happy ending is joyfully fulfilled when Maggie discovers that she is the long-lost granddaughter of the wealthy duchess who has been peeking in from the edges of the story all along. This is Victoriana with no steampunk shenanigans and no tongues in cheeks, just well-orchestrated, straightforward storytelling for newish readers -- with a bonus of warm pencil drawings reminiscent of Lois Lenski." sarah ellis Horn Book 11/1/11
      Good for a classroom read-aloud.
    • 3/5
      What a sweet little story of riches to rags to riches for a puppy named Oliver and of a rags to riches for a sweet little girl named Maggie.
    • 4/5
      Cute historical fiction about an orphaned girl, Maggie, and an orphaned dog, Oliver. Both are trying to find their way, with no where to turn, until they find each other.