Probably the World's Best Story about a Dog and Th

Paolo's plan for August in Orange Grove City is to hire out his little brother to the neighbors. Georgie is six; he needs a manager.

But then the family dog, Rufus, is stolen.

Overnight, Paolo is trying to manage not just Georgie, but their deaf cousin, Billy, who speaks only with his hands; Henry, a strange vacation visitor whom the boys discover living locked in his aunt's attic; and Butter Schwartz, a lonely, half-wild schemer with a paper route. The last two are definite dognapping suspects....

To top it all, a girl with a big-time crush on Paolo won't let him be, day or night, crisis or no crisis. For her, missing Rufus is nothing to snaring Paolo, who has met his match as a manager.

The solution to the mystery of Rufus, the threat of Theresa, and the future must rest in Billy's hands.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/15/2010
ISBN: 9781442421943
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.59d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 108555 / Probably the World's Best Story about a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7