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RAISING LUMIE

Joan Bauer

A poignant, hopeful story of a girl and her puppy by New York Times-bestselling, award-winning author Joan Bauer.

Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But that doesn't seem to be a possibility right now. Newly orphaned, she's moving in with the half sister she hardly knows and their life is too chaotic to include a dog. But then something wonderful happens: Olive gets a chance to raise Lumie, a guide dog puppy. Discipline. Rules. Lots of hugs. Only the best of the best puppies continue on to become guide dogs, and of course Olive wants Lumie to be chosen. But if she is, that means that Olive will lose her. Once again, the incomparable Joan Bauer tells a touching story that is full of heart and warmth and unabashed idealism.
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Published 2020-06-01 by Viking Children's Books

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Bauer's story of a 12-year-old girl training a guide dog contains plenty of touching and gratifying moments ... Olive is a survivor, which makes her fun to root for, and Lumie is as dear to the reader as any human. Raising Lumie is a touching, optimistic story about decent, well-intentioned people, which should be enough to earn it a spot on the shelf of any tween dog-lover. --- The New York Times Book Review

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