Baby Author:Joseph Monninger From Booklist — "New Hampshire. Cow-freaking Hampshire." It's the last place 15-year-old Baby, abandoned by her alcoholic mother again, wants to be. But her social worker tells her that this stop, with an older couple that races sled dogs, is her last chance before she ends up in a juvie home. Baby, still feeling the pain of her new tatttoo (an A... more »sian tiger on her right butt cheek), thinks she doesn't really care what happens to her; but Mary and Fred are not average foster parents, and their life with big dogs brings balance to Baby's own existence. Baby too easily becomes a dog-racing expert, and her descent into trouble when her boyfriend arrives is predictable. But the girl's first-person voice, the backdrop, and the details (working the streets in a gargoyle costume for tourist change) work together well to set this story apart from the many in which troubled teens find solace in animals.« less
ISBN-13: 9781590785027 ISBN-10: 1590785029 Pages:173 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: