STEPDOG

by Marlene Fanta Shyer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1983

A new idea, pegged to today's new kinds of family--and suggestive of more than doggie matters. Narrator Terry (g.), six or seven, liked ""Dad's friend Marilyn"" from the first, and cheered when Dad said he was marrying her. But Marilyn's dog Hoover not only won't give Terry a tumble, he's clearly jealous--stealing her hamburger, knocking down her ladder to the loft, hiding her hiking shoe. Hearing him crying outside that night, Terry realizes he's lonely, and takes him into bed with her. (She also dreams she was Hoover, ""and couldn't tell anyone my feelings were hurt."") And, when Hoover brings the hiking shoe (plus a pile of others): ""Thank you, Hoover, I know it's not easy to be a stepdog.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1983

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1983

Categories: CHILDREN'S