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Bea Garcia is using her art skills to tell readers all about her best friend ever—her dog, Sophie. Sophie can protect her from anything, even the Garcias' monster neighbor, Bert. When Bea's teacher makes her visit Bert for a school assignment, Bea brings Sophie along for extra security. But even monsters have pets, and Bert has a terrible one: Big Kitty. When Big Kitty attacks, Sophie runs straight out the door—away from Bea! Bea searches the neighborhood with her mom, and calls for Sophie up and down the street with her dad, but her dog is nowhere to be found. Will Bea's best friend ever come home again?
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Release date
July 3, 2018 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780735229402
- File size: 50030 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780735229402
- File size: 50030 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 2.9
- Lexile® Measure: 580
- Interest Level: K-3(LG)
- Text Difficulty: 0-2
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Reviews
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May 15, 2018
The third installment of the Bea Garcia series features a dog-and-cat chase, a lost pet, and vocabulary expansion.Sophie is Bea's sweet, small pooch. According to Bea, Sophie is the "smartest dog in the world." Bert is Bea's terrorizing neighbor and classmate. Whenever he nears, he taunts Sophie (and Bea) with a "GRRRROWL" or "Buzzy Bea!" or "Scaredy dog!" So when Bert and Bea are paired for a homework project requiring them to interview each other's families, both kids are out-of-sorts. After a failed first attempt, Bea brings Sophie to Bert's home, where she visits with Bert's kind mom and meets Bert's pet: Big Kitty. The inevitable chase soon commences. Sophie flies out the window with Big Kitty in close pursuit, and Bea hurtles after them. Big Kitty is recovered in the crabapple tree, but Sophie is nowhere to be found. The family makes "Lost Dog! / ¡Perdido!" posters and plasters them throughout the neighborhood. With scrappiness and ingenuity, Bea devises a plan to lure Sophie back. Bea's black-and-white sketches seamlessly transition from real life to her conjured thoughts. The nods to Spanish vocabulary reminding readers of Bea's Latinx heritage are fairly limited, but there is plenty of new English vocabulary. Each chapter begins with an entry from Sophie's Illustrated Dictionary of Dog, a device that sometimes feels forced.An easy read for Bea's fans and any kid with a furry pet of their own. (Fiction. 6-9)COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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January 1, 2019
When Bea Garcia's beloved dog Sophie is scared away by her "monster" neighbor Bert's monstrous cat, Bea and her little brother hatch a plan to help Sophie find her way home. Humorous doodles "drawn by" aspiring artist Bea, a humorous text, and the dog-centric plot should attract young readers. This third outing works well in series order or as a standalone chapter book.(Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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