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by Larry Verstraete (Author)
A 2024 Best Books for Kids and Teens selection
For Coop, adjusting to a new home after being adopted by Zach, Emma and their mother, Jess, is not easy. It's hard enough being a lowly dachshund, but it's even harder when your home is a financially unstable guesthouse with smelly strangers drifting in and out. Worse still, the unhappy teenager in charge of Coop is steaming mad much of the time. On top of that, Lucinda, the annoying cat, likes to tease and torment. It's no wonder Coop wishes he could have his old life back.
Enter a murder of crows, a stranger with a mysterious past, two bullies bent on making Zach's life miserable, and a vicious dog with a grudge against Coop. As the risks and challenges mount, Coop's wish only grows stronger. Will he ever find the forever home he so desperately wants?
"Coop for Keeps is a wonderful story about family, love and growing together through life's challenges. Award-winning author Larry Verstraete does a fantastic job of weaving the themes of loss and grief, bullying, and knowledge of crows into a moving yet oftentimes funny story."-- CM Magazine, Highly Recommended
Author Biography
Larry Verstraete is an award-winning Winnipeg author of fiction and non-fiction books for kids and teens. A former teacher with a penchant for storytelling, his books have been on recommended reading lists and have received honours ranging from the McNally Robinson's Book of the Year for Young People Award to BC's Red Cedar Award and Ontario's Silver Birch Award for Non-fiction.
