內(nèi)容簡介:When a young girl helps a talking dog escape from a research lab, she finds herself in deep trouble. Amy Prochenko is only in fifth grade, but she already has a sixth grader's problems: She is wildly unpopular, she is the target of prissy Kaitlyn Walker's nastiness, and everyone thinks she and the dweebiest boy in class are an item. Then one day Amy meets Sherlock, a dog on the run from a university lab. Sherlock is not like other dogs: He can talk, he's smarter than most of Amy's classmates - and he needs Amy's help. Suddenly Amy's life is full of danger and excitement, and she finds she is becoming, of all things, popular. Best of all, she finds in Sherlock the sort of friend she's always longed for - the sort of friend she must protect no matter what the cost. Vivian Vande Velde is the author of eight books for young readers, including Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Harcourt Brace, 1995), which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Her short fiction has appeared in several anthologies as well as in magazines, including Cricket, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Aboriginal Science Fiction. Ms. Vande Velde lives with her family in Rochester, New York. Fifth grader Amy finds her life growing complicated when she meets and tries to hide an intelligent, talking dog who has escaped from a university lab.
作者簡介:VIVIAN VANDE VELDE has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including Heir Apparent, User Unfriendly, All Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories, Three Good Deeds, Now You See It ..., and the Edgar Award–winning Never Trust a Dead Man. She lives in Rochester, New York. www.vivianvandevelde.com