Woof: A Bowser and Birdie Novel

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Quinn, Spencer, author.

Woof : a Bowser and Birdie novel / Spencer Quinn.—First edition.

pages cm

Summary: Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy’s bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen—so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.

ISBN 978-0-545-64331-3

1. Mutts (Dogs)—Juvenile fiction. 2. Dogs—Juvenile fiction. 3. Theft—Juvenile fiction. 4. Detective and mystery stories. 5. Louisiana—Juvenile fiction. [1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Stealing—Fiction. 4. Bayous—Fiction. 5. Louisiana—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.1.Q56Wo 2015

813.6—dc23

2014031181

First edition, May 2015

Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

e-ISBN 978-0-545-64333-7

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