Notes from the Dog (13 page)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2009 by Gary Paulsen

All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Wendy Lamb Books,
an imprint of Random House Children’s Books,
a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

Wendy Lamb Books and the colophon are trademarks
of Random House, Inc.

Visit us on the Web!
www.randomhouse.com/teens
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools,
visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/teachers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Paulsen, Gary.
Notes from the dog / Gary Paulsen. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house sit
next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have
on his life by the time summer vacation is over.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89450-3
[1. Cancer—Fiction. 2. Neighbors—Fiction. 3. Self-confidence—Fiction.
4. Gardening—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.P2843No 2009      [Fic]—dc22      2009013300

v3.0