Bagels Come Home

By Joan Betty Stuchner and Dave Whamond

When eight-year-old Josh and his family adopt an energetic puppy with a big personality and a talent for escaping, everyone is sure that obedience school will teach him good manners. But Bagels turns out to be a bigger handful than anyone predicted. He gets into the laundry, the groceries and the neighbor’s koi pond. He even gets expelled from obedience school. Josh and his little sister, Becky, are worried that if Bagels doesn’t shape up, their parents will send him back to the shelter. Can Bagels redeem himself before it’s too late?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: May 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781459803480

Joan Betty Stuchner

Joan Betty Stuchner loved stories. When she wasn’t writing, she worked in a library, taught part-time and acted in community theater. Sadly, Joan lost her battle with cancer on June 7, 2014, but her stories will continue to bring joy to readers for years to come.

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Joan Betty Stuchner

illustrations by Dave Whamond

ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS

Text copyright © 2014 Joan Betty Stuchner

Illustrations copyright © 2014 Dave Whamond

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Stuchner, Joan Betty, author

Bagels come home / Joan Betty Stuchner ;

illustrated by Dave Whamond.

(Orca echoes)

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-4598-0346-6 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-4598-0347-3 (pdf). ISBN 978-1-4598-0348-0 (epub)

1. Dogs--Juvenile fiction. I. Whamond, Dave, illustrator

II. Title. III. Series: Orca echoes

PS8587.T825B33 2014         jc813'.54         C2013-906853-8

C2013-906854-6

First published in the United States, 2014

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013955773

Summary: Josh learns just how much work a puppy can be when he adopts Bagels.

Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fundand the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Dave Whamond. Author photo by Tom Kavadias.

www.orcabook.com

17 16 15 14 • 4 3 2 1

For Pam and Dave Mason—hosts with the

most—who seem to prefer sharks to dogs.

Another story for another time.

And for Tom and Dov, as always.

Contents

Chapter One: I (Josh Bernstein) Want A Dog

Chapter Two: The Marpole Shelter for Otherwise Doomed Dogs and Puppies

Chapter Three: Pets’ Paradise

Chapter Four: Bagels, Lox and Creamcheese

Chapter Five: Bagels (aka Houdini)

Chapter Six: A Run in the Park

Chapter Seven: School Days

Chapter Eight: Back