By: Berkeley Breathed (book report, By: Kathryn Atkins)

FLAWED DOGS

• Heidy Heidy is a very nice and caring girl who puts others before herself.

• Sam Sam is very courageous and brave. He takes a lot of risks to be with the people he loves.

• The Flawed Dogs The flawed dogs from the pound are Madam, Pooft, Fabio, Ol’Blue, Bug, Wee Willy, Jeeves, and Tusk. They help Sam dress as Mrs. Nutbush.

• Cassius Cassius is the other dog that lives at Heidy’s uncle’s house. He is jealous. Hiedy likes Sam and not him, he is very selfish and mean.

SETTINGS • Heidy’s house

• the pound

• Heidy’s woods

• The Westminster Championship Dog Show (in New York)

Problem,,

• Plot: The story is about a priceless dog named Sam and his adventure to be with the ones he loves.

• Solution: Sam can’t be with the one he loves so he uses his friends and their talents to help him get back to Heidy. Dressed as Mrs. Nutbush they wanted to ruin theWestminster Dog Show,

and prove to Heidy that Cassius set him up.• Climax: The most exciting part in flawed dogs is when

Sam goes to the Westminster Dog Show with the flawed dogs (Madam, Fabio, Ol’ Blue, Wee Willy, Bug,

and Pooft) dressed as Mrs. Nutbush so they could enter the Westminster Dog Show.

• Problem: The problem is that Cassius set Sam up by saying that baby Bruno is missing. He said that baby Bruno has gone

missing so Sam went to find baby Bruno. Baby Bruno’s mom, Ms. Violet, thinks Sam took him. Sam was growling in anger at

Cassius so Uncle Hamish shot him. Sam was taken to the pound. He feared that Heidy didn’t love him and he couldn’t get

back to her.

Plot, Climax! Solution,

SUMMARY! • Sam is a priceless dog bred and Hiedy’s new best friend. When he is framed by a dog named Cassius he is roughed up by the world and becomes an outcast. Then he makes friends with other flawed dogs who help him get back too Hiedy.

Recommendation • I recommend this book to 4th-6th graders who

like dogs and action.

• I chose this book because my sister bought it at the book fair. Some of my friends liked the book and read it.

• I read this book off and on for about 2 weeks

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