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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Fight For Life

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fight For Life. New York, NY: Schoolastic, 2007. 135 pages. (Non-Fiction)

Maggie Mackenzie helps her grandmother with her job as a vet for her own clinic. But when her rich, snobby, and rude cousin comes to stay with them, things get worse. Maggie isin't the best at school. She gets bad grades, but her excuse is, "But the animals need me!" So her grandmother kicks her out of the clinic until her grades are up.

Just after gran bans Maggie from the clinic, all these sick and injured puppies are rushed in. This cant be good, but she can't do anything about it. She's been banned and that's that! So gran hires all these kids from school and even her cousin, Zoe! Maggie has to find out where all these puppies are coming from before more puppies die.

Reviewed By: bball~luff