Title: Ginger Pye
Author: Eleanor Estes
Reviewer/Reporter:  Spencer D.
Teacher: Karen Rice

             

          Do you like dogs? If you do, you need to read the realistic fiction story Ginger Pye. It’s about a little dog.  Eleanor Estes wrote this fantastic story. If you like adventurous stories you need to read this book right away.

          The setting of my story is in a small town in New York called Cranbury. In the story two years pass by. The main characters of the story are the dog Ginger, his master Jerry 10, his sister Rachel and the 3-year-old Uncle Bennie.

          Here is how the plot of the story goes. Jerry needs a dollar to buy Ginger. So tall Sam Doody tells Jerry if he would dust the pews at the church he’d give him a buck. He did it with help from his sister and Uncle Bennie. So then he buys a dog, and for a while he calls it dog but eventually he names him Ginger. One afternoon, Ginger disappears without a trace. Almost 2 years later Jerry and Rachel find him at the top of East Rock.

          This book was truly inspiring. I was at the edge of my seat as I was reading it because  I had no clue if Ginger was going to get found. I would recommend this novel to any person who loves dogs.

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