GUINEA DOG

Book ID/图书代码： 06580111B49948

English Summary/英文概要： Rufus has been dreaming of getting a dog. His best friend has one. His worst friend has one. But his dad has a few objections: They whine. They gnaw. They bark. They scratch. They beg. They drool.

Rufus pays no attention when his mum offers her think-outside-the-box suggestion, because she can’t be serious. She can’t be… She can be. She actually comes home with a guinea pig, and if Rufus’s dad thinks dogs are a problem, he won’t know what hit him when he meets the Guinea Pig that Thinks She’s a Dog. She barks, she bites and she’ll even eat your homework!

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Rufus一直夢想能有一隻狗。他的最後的朋友就有一條。他最壞的朋友也有一條。但他的老爸提出了幾條反對意見：它們會發出嗚嗚聲。它們會啃東西。它們會吠叫。它們會亂抓東西。它們會向你乞討。它們會流口水。
Rufus沒有在意這些當他的媽媽提出了一個創造性的建議時，媽媽並不是當真的。
而媽媽真的做到了。她確實的把一隻豚鼠帶回了家。而如果Rufus的父親認為狗是個問題的話，他不知道自己將會遇到什麼，當他看到這只豚鼠時，這只豚鼠以為自己是一條狗。她狂吠。咬東西。她還會吃掉你的家庭作業。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：From Booklist
Jennings’ salute to kids who get less (and more) than they ask for offers a unique and hilarious take on boy-dog bonding. Fifth-grader Rufus begs for a dog, but because Dad says no (in an enumerated list), Mom brings home a guinea pig. Rufus is disappointed, and Dad is annoyed, but because the pet shop has vanished, they are stuck with a rodent that barks, fetches sticks, whines, and licks faces. Rufus is both embarrassed (what will his friends think?) and charmed by Fido’s doglike behaviors; the scale finally tips in the pig’s direction when he executes a perfect, Lassie-like rescue of his master. As he did in Faith and the Electric Dogs (1996) and more recently in We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes (2009), Jennings injects magic realism into a story filled with believable yet flawed characters, resulting in a satisfying story. Short, manageable chapters; a breezy, conversational style; and identifiable characters (the bully, the show-off, the obsessive stay-at-home dad) make this a good choice for readers making the transition to chapter books. Grades 3-5. --Kay Weisman

About the Author/作者介绍： 派翠克•詹寧斯備受讚譽的《Faith and the Electric Dogs/忠誠的電子狗》中創造性的童書場景，收到了很多星級評論，現在將發展翻拍成電影。《Guinea Dog/豚鼠》被wired.com評為“一部非常有趣的書……特別適合於五年級的男生。”現在他的孩子處於中班年紀，他把他的寫作精力專注於有趣的，輕鬆易懂的故事，以適合中班年紀的孩子。詹寧斯現居住在華盛頓州。欲瞭解他的更多資訊請點擊www.patrickjennings.com.
Patrick Jennings blasted onto the children’s book scene with his critically acclaimed Faith and the Electric Dogs, which received numerous starred reviews and is now in film development. Known for his wide range of topics and styles, Jennings is the author of the recent We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes, The Wolving Time, and The Beastly Arms, but now that his children are middle-grade age, he has turned his focus to writing funny, easily accessible stories that will appeal to middle-schoolers.

Patrick Jennings author page: http://www.ila-agency.co.uk/RightsGallery/index.php/public/lists/authors/9550f2a339068a633fa29096389f8792

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