Protecting Marie

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Summary: Protecting Marie
Review: This is a compelling story of a very alert twelve-year-old, fanny. Fanny has always wanted a dog but her short tempered father has not allowed one. when he finally gives in he gets annoyed by the young puppy that ruins his concentration on his paintings. fanny is forced to give up this young dog. Fanny is furious. then a few months later her father gets another dog dinner. dinner is a three year old trained german shepard mix but fanny always catches her selfprotecting dinner, and wonders if she has will have to give this dog away too.

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Summary: Protecting Marie
Review: This story about a girl and her dream to own a dog are really touching. The father's character was a large part of the story, and although it was pretty harsh, the story wouldn't be as touching if he weren't like that. The ending is great, but I don't like that she took up knitting just because a guy she liked did it. I've done that before, and it's really bad, because you make the committment to some activity for the wrong motives, and sure, you enjoy it when the guy you like is doing it also, but when you stop liking the guy, or the guy quits or something, you start to hate it. I just don't think books that are meant for this age group should advocate this. Overall, though, it was pretty enjoyable.

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Summary: Great story, really predictable
Review: This story about a girl and her dream to own a dog are really touching. The father's character was a large part of the story, and although it was pretty harsh, the story wouldn't be as touching if he weren't like that. The ending is great, but I don't like that she took up knitting just because a guy she liked did it. I've done that before, and it's really bad, because you make the committment to some activity for the wrong motives, and sure, you enjoy it when the guy you like is doing it also, but when you stop liking the guy, or the guy quits or something, you start to hate it. I just don't think books that are meant for this age group should advocate this. Overall, though, it was pretty enjoyable.