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Running Wild: Upchuck and the Rotten Willy (Original) Original Edition
Contributor(s): Wallace, Bill (Author)

ISBN: 0743400275 ISBN-13: 9780743400275
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

OUR PRICE: $6.64

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2000
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Cats
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Series: Upchuck and the Rotten Willy (Paperback)

Physical Information: 0.28" H x 4.85" W x 8.17" L (0.29 lbs) 112 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: School Library Journal 01/01/2001 pg. 110
School Library Journal 11/01/2002

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 46981
Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
It's not so bad living a dog's life. Unless you're a cat.

Most times, hanging out with Rotten Willy (the huge dog on the cover) was cool. We played chase, talked, and chowed down on spaghetti and meatballs at Luigi's restaurant. Even though he was a dog (and sometimes called me Upchuck instead of Chuck), I could handle it. He was my best friend.

Then this baseball stuff started and Willy went bonkers. I never saw him act so crazy. On top of that, these two new cats moved into our neighborhood. Trouble was, tough-guy Roscoe and his cute fuzzy sister, Rikki, did not like dogs.

Dogs belong with dogs and cats belong with cats, they said.

I was showing them the sights when I suddenly spied the dogcatcher, just waiting to trap Willy as he raced across the field with a baseball in his mouth. But Roscoe and Rikki would never understand if they found out my best friend was a dog. How could I save Willy before it was too late? What's a cat to do when he has to choose between old friends and new -- and there's no time to lose...

Contributor Bio(s): Wallace, Bill: - Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.
One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work.
Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story.
Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

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