Call number
JF BAN
Collection
Genres
Publication
Yearling (2011), Edition: Dgs Rep, 176 pages
Description
While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic, eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.
User reviews
LibraryThing member skstiles612
Eleven year old Poppy Ray decides she's not going to India with her parents this year. She wants to spend the summer with her veterinarian uncle Sanjay. Poppy wants to be a veterinarian. Once on the island with her uncle, she learns all about her uncle's job the good, the bad, and the ugly truth.
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This book is very realistic and one any animal lover will enjoy. The story talks of reaching for your dream when family doesn't agree due to a difference in cultures. I enjoyed this book very much. Show Less
LibraryThing member mysterymax
Poppy is an eleven year old girl who has an romantic vision of what it would be like to be a vet. (No blood, no yukkie stuff). When her parents go for a month's visit to family in India, Poppy goes to stay with her uncle on a Northwest Pacific Island. He's a vet and Poppy is going to 'help out' at
It would say it's a very good, very enjoyable book for junior fiction readers. It has places to laugh out loud and places to cry.
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his clinic. It's her first time away from her parents. During her stay she learns about 'blood', yukkie stuff, death, friendship, and about herself.It would say it's a very good, very enjoyable book for junior fiction readers. It has places to laugh out loud and places to cry.
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LibraryThing member smheatherly2
Easy realistic fiction story that follows Poppy to her Uncle's cabin on an island off Washington state's coast. Poppy longs to become a veterinarian, but after shadowing her uncle, realizes that it is not as easy as she once thought. Will she change her dreams, or will she be able to face her fears?
LibraryThing member amrahmn
I enjoyed this story of a little girl who really wants to become a veterinarian. Poppy stays with her uncle and learns what running a clinic for animals might really be like - the good and the bad. I wanted to like it more! But I just wasn't that engaged with the story. (I'm going to hear the
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author speak next month which may change that a bit.) I would recommend this book to students interested in becoming veterinarians, those who love animals, and kids who like realistic fiction. Show Less
LibraryThing member LauGal
Delightful and got me out of my slump.Adults should read this.
LibraryThing member jennybeast
Washington state summer adventure for a young girl who wants to be a vet. It's pretty great.
Awards
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2014)
CCBC Choices (2011)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Washington)
Pages
176
ISBN
037584399X / 9780375843990