When Life Gives You O.J. (Hardcover)

from TBE

Zelly's grandfather, Ace, has a crazy idea to convince Zelly's parents to let her get a dog. Zelly wants a dog more than anything, but can she go through with Ace's embarrassing plan?

from ChristianR

A solid story about a girl who wants to have a dog, so her grandfather convinces her to drag around an o.j. container as a pretend dog. It's also really more about how different she feels from others because she's Jewish and originally from Brooklyn, but now lives in Vermont. No one else looks qu...

from Sullywriter

A sweet, funny story with charming characters. The cover art is certainly among cutest of the year.

from lebrun727

Great story- learned a bunch of Yiddish words I never knew! Zelly is a typical kid who is totally embarrased and she was a character kids will relate to when they read her story of taking care of a practice dog.

from CarrieWuj

Sweet kid's book for book club that is true to many issues 11 year olds face: really wanting a dog, missing a deceased grandparent, fear of public embarassment, needing to fit in, and putting up with a younger sibling. Zelly really wants a dog, so her Grandpa (Ace, who talks in CAPITAL letter as ...