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How To Steal A Dog (novel)
''How to Steal a Dog'' is a book written by Barbara O'Connor. It was written in 2007 and also has a 2014 film adaption. Plot Georgina Hayes, her brother Toby, and their parents lived happily in an apartment in Darby, North Carolina until her father leaves their family. Their limited income results in Georgina and her family being evicted from the apartment, and since then, they have lived in their car and in poverty. Her schoolwork and social life both suffer due to this, but she doesn’t tell anyone about the circumstance. She tells her best friend Luanne Godfrey about this and urges her to keep it secret, but soon finds a way to get money and a new place to live after seeing a reward for a missing dog: Steal one, "return it", and claim the reward money, which she hopes to be five hundred dollars. Throughout the novel Georgina also writes down uno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara O'Connor (author)
Barbara O'Connor (born November 9, 1950) is an American author of children's books. O'Connor was born and grew up in Greenville, SC. She lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts for 26 years, but now resides in Asheville, North Carolina. Her books have won awards including the Parents Choice Gold Award and being named ALA Notable Books. Her book ''How to Steal a Dog'' has been optioned for a film. Bibliography Novels * ''Beethoven in Paradise'', 1997 * ''Me and Rupert Goody'', 1999 * ''Taking Care of Moses'', 2004 * ''Moonpie and Ivy'', 2004 * ''How to Steal a Dog ''How to Steal a Dog'' (; lit. "The Perfect Way to Steal a Dog") is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Kim Sung-ho, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara O'Connor. Plot Ten-year-old Ji-so lives in a van with her mother Jeong-hyeon ...'', 2007 * ''Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia'', 2003 * ''Greetings from Nowhere'', 2008 * ''The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis'', 2009 * ''The Fantastic Secret of Owen J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Steal A Dog
''How to Steal a Dog'' (; lit. "The Perfect Way to Steal a Dog") is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Kim Sung-ho, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara O'Connor. Plot Ten-year-old Ji-so lives in a van with her mother Jeong-hyeon and younger brother Ji-seok. Her father disappeared after their pizza business went bankrupt. When she sees a missing dog poster with a five-hundred-dollar reward, Ji-so naively believes that that amount of money would be enough to buy her family a house. So she hatches a plan with her friend Chae-rang to find a dog with a rich owner, steal it, then return the dog by pretending to have found it and get the reward. Their target is Wolly, the dog of an old rich lady who owns the restaurant where Ji-so's mom works. While undertaking their "perfect" plan, they befriend Dae-po, a homeless man who ends up living in the abandoned building where they've stashed the dog. But someone else is after Wolly: Soo-young, the old lady's nephew, who'll stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby, North Carolina
Darby is an unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina. It is a part of the state's western mountain region. As of the 2020 census the population was 65,969, in 2010 the census listed the population at 69,340. Its county seat is ..., United States. History Darby was named for Darby Hendrix, a pioneer settler. References Unincorporated communities in Wilkes County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{WilkesCountyNC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homelessness
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also known as rough sleeping (primary homelessness); * moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family, and emergency accommodation (secondary homelessness); and * living in private boarding houses without a private bathroom or security of tenure (tertiary homelessness). * have no permanent house or place to live safely * Internally Displaced Persons, persons compelled to leave their places of domicile, who remain as refugees within their country's borders. The rights of people experiencing homelessness also varies from country to country. United States government homeless enumeration studies also include people who sleep in a public or private place, which is not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
