It's a doggy dog world : crime biters! #2 / Tommy Greenwald ; with illustrations by Adam Stower.

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Author:

Greenwald, Tom, 1962-

Stower, Adam

ISBN:

9780545783972

Edition:

First edition

Physical Description:

229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Crime Biters! #2

Abstract:

Bored by the lack of crime in Quietville lately, Jimmy's vampire dog, Abby, has chewed up his mother's entire shoe collection, and so his parents have insisted in enrolling Abby in obedience training, and the longer it goes on the more "normal" (and boring) she becomes--but when mysterious things start happening to Jimmy's lacrosse team, he and his friends (the Crimebiters) realize they need to get Abby back to her crime fighting ways.

Subject Term:

Dogs -- Training -- Juvenile fiction.

Vampires -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories.

Family life -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Author:

Stower, Adam

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Summary

Jimmy is sure that his dog Abby is special. After all, it was Abby who (with the help of Jimmy & friends) helped nab the criminal Barnaby Bratford and shut down Barnaby's babysitting service, a front for robbing the nice folks of Quietville. Jimmy's parents, on the other hand, are starting to feel like Abby is one destructive little dog (she chewed up Mom's entire shoe collection!) and they insist on enrolling Abby in obedience training. The only problem is that the longer Abby's in class, the more normal (read: boring) she becomes. Jimmy's superhero crime-fighting vampire dog is slowly becoming just like every other dog. She doesn't even sneak out at night anymore! At the same time Jimmy's friends (the Crimebiters) are realizing that there's just not very much crime to fight in their tiny town. But when Jimmy joins the lacrosse team & mysterious things start happening on and off the field, the Crimebiters realize that Abby better get back to her crime-fighting ways... and fast!

Reviews (2)

Kirkus Review

Following on My Dog Is Better than Your Dog (2015), this second in the CrimeBiters! series finds crime-fighting vampire dog Abby going to obedience school.Eleven-year old Jimmy, white president and founder of the CrimeBiters club, seems to be falling out with his best friend, Irwin, a black boy, over fellow club member Daisy, the white girl whom both like. Jimmy has befriended former bully Baxter, a white boy and a new club member, and joins the local lacrosse team with him. Irwin resents the time Jimmy spends playing lacrosse, but Jimmy has become a good goalie and even begins skipping club meetings. Troublingly, lacrosse team members begin to experience too-frequent injuries, leading Jimmy to wonder if somethings afoot. Meanwhile, Abby chews up one too many of his moms shoes, and she might make Jimmy take Abby back to the shelter. To save Abby, Jimmy takes her to obedience class, where she becomes all too docile for Jimmys taste. Is she no longer a crime-fighting vampire dog? The two storylines merge when Abby helps to solve the injury mystery. Greenwald focuses far more attention on Jimmys precarious social life than on Abby this time, although he includes enough dog action to justify the books title. The gentle lesson on how friendship should endure even when something interferes is leavened with humor generated by the return of Jimmys nemesis from the previous book, Mrs. Cragg. Fun and friendship combine for a satisfying sequel. (Fiction. 8-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

The second title in this smoothly written middle-grade series (My Dog Is Better than Your Dog, 2015) solidly builds on its debut by exploring change. The friends who formed the Crimebiters are challenged by other demands: Jimmy has joined a lacrosse team with Baxter, Daisy has a new friend, and canine Abby's training seems to have transformed her. Does she still have the instinct to fight crime? But someone seems to be sabotaging Jimmy and Baxter's team members are injured one by one, hurting their chance to beat their biggest rival. At the right moment, Abby is back to her criminal-biting high jinks. Stower's perky, exaggerated drawings add extra humor to the mix, and this has the right combination of doggy deeds, friendship, fun, and mystery. Perfect for readers looking for light fare.--Cruze, Karen Copyright 2016 Booklist