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    Maxi's Secrets: (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog)

    Written by Lynn Plourde

    Narrated by Maxwell Glick

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    About this audiobook

    When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. With its diverse cast, authentic narrator, and perfect blend of spot-on middle-grade humor, drama, and wisdom, this powerful debut is relatable, funny, bittersweet, and full of heart.

    Timminy knows that moving to a new town just in time to start middle school when you are perfect bully bait is less than ideal. But he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi—a gentle giant of a dog who the family quickly discovers is deaf. Timminy is determined to do all he can to help Maxi—after all, his parents didn't return him because he was a runt. But when the going gets rough for Timminy, who spends a little too much time getting shoved into lockers at school, Maxi ends up being the one to help him—along with their neighbor, Abby, who doesn't let her blindness define her and bristles at Timminy's "poor-me" attitude. It turns out there's more to everyone than what's on the surface, whether it comes to Abby, Maxi, or even Timminy himself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateNov 13, 2018
    ISBN9781984840219
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    Maxi's Secrets: (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog)
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    Lynn Plourde

    Lynn Plourde is the author of forty children’s books including her newest The Boy Whose Face Froze Like That. Some of Lynn’s other titles include Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud, Wild Child, and her middle grade novel Maxi’s Secrets (or what you can learn from a dog), inspired by her best buddy, Maggie. Lynn does many author visits to schools each year during which she teaches students how to write their own stories. Before becoming a fulltime author, she worked for 21 years as a speech-language therapist in public schools, including working with many students with Down Syndrome. Lynn lives with her husband in Winthrop, Maine, where she enjoys going for walks, gardening, reading, and playing with her young grandson. Visit her at www.lynnplourde.com.

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