Rules of the Ruff (Hardcover)

Heidi Lang

ISBN 10: 1419731378 / ISBN 13: 9781419731372

Published by Abrams, New York, 2018

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Hardcover. Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long summer at her aunt and uncle's house. Her cousin Ann has a snotty new best friend, which leaves Jessie all alone. But Jessie is industrious, and-not content with being ignored all summer-she convinces Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, to take her on as his apprentice.Sure, dog walking turns out to be harder than she expected, but she has Wes's dog-walking code, the Rules of the Ruff, to guide her, and soon she's wrangling her very own pack. But when a charismatic rival dog walker moves to town, she quickly snatches up most of Wes's business-and Jessie decides she isn't going to take this defeat with her tail between her legs. Twelve-year-old Jessie copes with what promised to be a long, boring summer with relatives by becoming an apprentice to a grouchy neighborhood dog walker who is facing new competition in this coming-of-age novel. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rules of the Ruff (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Abrams, New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419731378
• ISBN 13: 9781419731372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long summer at her aunt and uncle’s house. Her cousin Ann has a snotty new best friend, which leaves Jessie all alone. But Jessie is industrious, and—not content with being ignored all summer—she convinces Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, to take her on as his apprentice.
         Sure, dog walking turns out to be harder than she expected, but she has Wes’s dog-walking code, the Rules of the Ruff, to guide her, and soon she’s wrangling her very own pack. But when a charismatic rival dog walker moves to town, she quickly snatches up most of Wes’s business—and Jessie decides she isn’t going to take this defeat with her tail between her legs.
 

About the Author

Heidi Lang is the author of Rules of the Ruff and the coauthor of A Dash of Dragon and A Hint of Hydra. She lives in Richland, Washington, when she is not living in a converted van.