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When dogs go missing, one boy will find out why. 
And the answer is out of this world.
 
Nothing gets past Logan. When he observes that the neighborhood’s dogs are mysteriously vanishing, he suspects nothing less than a full-scale alien dognapping invasion. The adults don’t believe him, of course, so he enlists his friends to investigate and soon they make a shocking discovery.
 
Now man’s best friend needs help. Fast. Suddenly, Logan and his team are on a mission unlike anything known to man. 
 
A hilarious, heartwarming tale of hound-saving heroics, Invasion of the Dognappers will be gobbled up by middle-grade readers.

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DARBY CREEK

HC ISBN# 978-1-60684-053-5

PB ISBN# 978-1-60684-153-2

 

Washington State Book Award Winner

Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award Winner

Minnesota Maud Lovelace Hart Award Winner (Third Place)

Washington State Sasquatch Book Award Nominee

Florida Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Nominee

Hawaii Library Association Nene Award Nominee 

New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Nominee

Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee

Massachussetts Children's Book Award Nominee

 

New York Public Librarian BETSY BIRD says it's "NOTHING SHORT OF DIVINE":

"Right over here! Look this way! Over here! TWEET! You looking? Yeah, so right over here we've got ourselves a Patrick Jennings fan. Yup. Patrick Jennings. The guy who wrote that fantastic We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes, along with approximately a hundred other books. You've read him, right? No? Well that's fine with me. It's like when you discover this cool underground band, and you get to be their biggest fan all by yourself. It's great. You walk around with this knowledge in your head of, "I am into something incredible that only I know about." That's how it is with Patrick Jennings and me. Problem is, I keep recommending his books to the kids in my library. And if I keep this up, I may end up unexpectedly creating a whole host of Jennings fans. Then he'll get hugely popular and go mainstream and I'll have to share him with the rest of the world."

READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW :  Elizabeth Bird reviews Guinea Dog

 

WIRED: "'It’s a very weird book for me. And I like it because it’s hilarious. It’s about this boy who really wants a dog, but he gets a guinea pig who acts totally like a dog. That’s why it’s called Guinea Dog.' There you have it, straight from my six-year-old’s mouth. When I asked if she thought other kids would like this book, she said, 'Yes, very much!'"

READ GEEKDAD'S REVIEW HERE:   meet-fido-the-guinea-dog

 

BOOKLIST: "Jennings’ salute to kids who get less (and more) than they ask for offers a unique and hilarious take on boy-dog bonding. As he did in Faith andthe 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."