Turk’s mom reads parenting magazines. Turk’s mom loves their suggestions. Turk's mom insists on family nights and moments otherwise known as “quality time.” In Canadian author Karen Spafford-Fitz’s debut novel Dog Walker, Turk, otherwise known as Winston Turkington, is broke and allergic to his own sweat. His parents want him to — gasp — earn his money.
To make things worse he’s somehow backed himself into weekend dog-sitting duties and is rushed out the door with a yapping hairball, several plastic bags, and the disgusting realization that he is now on poop patrol.
Soon Turk discovers a new cash flow equation: dogs plus girls equal new opportunity. Realization: cash is on the way. Once he’s got the girl, the cash, and a growing new business, Spafford-Fitz flips the table on her young protagonist and spins his life out of control.
Before you know it, Turk’s dog-walking dating service gets complicated. Walkers are sick; boys fight over dogs and girls. Worse, Turk brags and spills everything to Chuck, the swaggering, most obnoxious guy in school, who then bullies his way into Turk’s business. Soon Turk’s new-found love life is upside down.
While this fast-paced, dialogue-filled romp is a delight for all dog lovers, any reader will enjoy Turk’s quick-thinking solution that has him racing to keep the dog and the girl. Dog Walker is ideal for middle-grade readers ages 10–14.
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1 - Diandra
Hello iread this book in school and it was awsome but we had 2 write poems about it..you sould add pomes about this book on here 2