Bad to The Bone by Lucy Nolan is a story told from a dog’s perspective. The dog talks mainly about its troubles with the neighbor cat and squirrels. It is interesting how the dog names things for instance she calls her owner “Rruff” , her best friend “sit” and she believes her name is “Down Girl”. Down Girl and Sit feel like they are not getting enough attention so they intentionally act out for their owners to notice them. This happens with kids sometimes too, they are so desperate for attention they will do anything to get someone to notice them. The dogs also discriminate against the cat because it is different. They don’t try to get to know the cat they just assume that they do not like it. I was hoping at the end of the story that they would befriend the cat but they didn’t. Overall, the book was cute but I wish it would have left me with a greater take home message.
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