About The Book:
Author: Chris Lynch
Pub. Date: March 12, 2024
Publisher: Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 240
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/WALKIN-THE-DOG
“Lynch is back and better, smarter, and funnier than ever.” —Jacqueline
Woodson, National Book Award Winner
A boy learns how to be a friend from man’s best friend in this funny and
moving middle grade novel about humans being able to change and dogs changing
us from acclaimed author Chris Lynch.
In a family of strong personalities with very strong points of
view, Louis is what his mother lovingly calls “the inactivist,” someone who’d
rather kick back than stand out. He only hopes he can stay under the radar when
he starts high school in the fall, his first experience with public school
after years of homeschooling.
But when a favor for a neighbor and his stinky canine companion unexpectedly
turns into a bustling dog-walking business, Louis finds himself meeting an
unprecedented number of new friends—both human and canine. Agatha, a quippy and
cagey girl his age always seems to be telling two truths and a lie. Cyrus, a
few years his senior, promises he’s going to show Louis how to be a better
person, whether Louis wants him to or not. And then there are the dogs:
misbehaving border terriers, the four (possible stolen) sausage dogs, the rest
of Louis’s charges, and a mysterious white beast who appears at a certain spot
at the edge of the woods.
Dogs and human alike all seem to have something they want to teach Louis,
including his menacing older brother who keeps turning up everywhere. But is
Louis ready to learn the lesson he needs most: how to stop being a lone wolf
and be part of a pack?
About Chris Lynch:
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Chris
Lynch (he/him/his)
is the award–winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels,
including Printz Honor Book Freewill, Iceman, Gypsy
Davey, and Shadow Boxer—all ALA Best Books for Young Adults—as
well as Killing Time in Crystal City, Little Blue Lies, Pieces, Kill
Switch, Angry Young Man, and Inexcusable, which was
a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. Chris
is the author of middle grade novel Walkin’ the Dog. He holds an MA
from the writing program at Emerson College. He teaches in the creative writing
MFA program at Lesley University. He lives in Boston and in Scotland.
Meet Chris!
Tuesday,
March 12, 2024 at 7:00pm ET
Porter Square Books (Cambridge,
MA)
In
conversation with Sara Farizan
Wednesday,
March 13, 2024 at 7:00pm ET
Broadside Bookshop (Northampton,
MA)
In
conversation with Michael Mercurio
Thursday,
March 14, 2024 at 6:00pm ET
Books of Wonder (New York, NY)
In
conversation with Caela Carter, Cathy Carr, and E.L.
Shen
Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of WALKIN’ THE DOG, US Only.
Ends March 12th, midnight EST.
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