"Part elkhound, part something else, and a large helping of short-eared timber wolf" That's Jim Ugly. Sid Fleischman's "ideal boy-and-dog mystery" plays out in the Ol'e West. (I liked School Library Journal's suggestion to add "silent movie piano accompaniment".) The book is on about that level of sophistication; but hey, who cares about sophistication when you have a well-told story that will keep the attention of reluctant guy readers. I liked the cover art on this one. One minor alert: there is "a godforsaken desert" that can be read-over. Reading level = 5.8; Quality = 4; Acceptability = 4.
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