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    Rules of the Ruff
    Rules of the Ruff
    Rules of the Ruff
    Audiobook6 hours

    Rules of the Ruff

    Written by Heidi Lang

    Narrated by Jessie Gill

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    About this audiobook

    Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long summer at her aunt and uncle’s house. Her cousin Ann has a snotty new best friend, which leaves Jessie all alone. But Jessie is industrious, and — not content with being ignored all summer — she convinces Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, to take her on as his apprentice.

    Sure, dog walking turns out to be harder than she expected, but she has Wes’s dog-walking code, the Rules of the Ruff, to guide her, and soon she’s wrangling her very own pack. But when a charismatic rival dog walker moves to town, she quickly snatches up most of Wes’s business — and Jessie decides she isn’t going to take this defeat with her tail between her legs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbrams Books
    Release dateFeb 5, 2019
    ISBN9781419741289
    Rules of the Ruff
    Author

    Heidi Lang

    Heidi Lang managed to stumble upon the two best jobs in the world: writing for kids and walking dogs. If she’s not out on the trails surrounded by wagging tails and puppy kisses, she’s probably hunched over her laptop working on her next book. She lives in northern California with her husband and two adventure-loving dogs, and she is the coauthor of the Mystic Cooking Chronicles and Whispering Pines series, and author of Out of Range. Find her on X (previously known as Twitter) @HidLang or visit the website she shares with her writing partner at HeidiandKatiBooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      This is a great book, quirky at times. Jessie is a young girl who loves dogs and soccer and wants to learn the ropes of dog walking with a grumpy neighbor while she’s visiting family for the summer.

      I really liked Jessie’s character, her evolving relationship with her cousin, and those with her dad and uncle. The dog angle will appeal to animal lovers, and I’m a sucker for books with a dynamic protagonist as Jessie is.

      Jessie’s friendship with Max often left me as confused as it did her and her idolization of Wes was a bit weird at times, but ultimately I loved this one. Would recommend to animal loving kids and anyone looking for a summer book with humor, antics, and a lot of relationship growth in middle-graders.
    • 3/5
      Ever since Jessie's mother died, she has spent the summer with her aunt, uncle, and cousin, Ann. She and Ann have always had a lot in common until recently when Ann starts to go by Ann-Marie and she spends more and more time with her new friend, Lorilee. Because she is lonely, Jessie decides to help local dog walker, Wes, with his dog-walking business and learns there are lots of rules to learn in order to become a good dog-walker. Jessie realizes that those rules may be more difficult to learn than she originally thought when another local dog-walker starts to take over several of Wes's clients.

      Rules of the Ruff is a cute story about growing up and accepting change. Some of the things that both Jessie and Wes do as sabotage seem pretty mean spirited and there are times in the story when Jessie is her own worst enemy, but overall, Rules of the Ruff is a good coming of age story with lots of cute dogs and valuable life lessons.