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Shaper, by Jessie Haas

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While recovering from the loss of his dog Shep, fourteen-year-old Chad tries to learn how to control the family dog Queenie with the help of a friendly new neighbor, an animal trainer. Chad blames his grandfather Jeep and his older sister, Julia, for the death of his dog last fall. Now, as an empty summer yawns before him, Chad still isn't speaking to jeep, he avoids Julia, and he does his best to ignore the rest of the family, especially the new dog, Queenie. But on this quiet Vermont hillside there's no one but family, nothing to fill the long days ahead. Then a new neighbor, David Burton, moves in down the hill. David is a shaper, a dog trainer who shapes animals' behavior using positive reinforcement. He needs an assistant, and he offers Chad the job. David also has a daughter, Louise beautiful, feisty, a dancer-who's only a year older than Chad. Suddenly Chad's life, which had seemed simple if painful, is terribly, wonderfully, confusingly complicated...
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eng
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Shaper
Title
Shaper
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by Jessie Haas
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
While recovering from the loss of his dog Shep, fourteen-year-old Chad tries to learn how to control the family dog Queenie with the help of a friendly new neighbor, an animal trainer. Chad blames his grandfather Jeep and his older sister, Julia, for the death of his dog last fall. Now, as an empty summer yawns before him, Chad still isn't speaking to jeep, he avoids Julia, and he does his best to ignore the rest of the family, especially the new dog, Queenie. But on this quiet Vermont hillside there's no one but family, nothing to fill the long days ahead. Then a new neighbor, David Burton, moves in down the hill. David is a shaper, a dog trainer who shapes animals' behavior using positive reinforcement. He needs an assistant, and he offers Chad the job. David also has a daughter, Louise beautiful, feisty, a dancer-who's only a year older than Chad. Suddenly Chad's life, which had seemed simple if painful, is terribly, wonderfully, confusingly complicated...
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Haas, Jessie
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
LC call number
PZ7.H11133
LC item number
Sh 2002
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Dogs
  • Dogs
  • Animals
  • Animals
  • Dogs
  • Dogs
  • Animal training
  • Animal welfare
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Shaper, by Jessie Haas
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"Greenwillow Books."
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (186 pages)
Form of item
online
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036850100
Label
Shaper, by Jessie Haas
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Publication
Note
"Greenwillow Books."
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (186 pages)
Form of item
online
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036850100

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