Johnny Rides Again

By Jon Ann Muchmore and Joann Muchmore

After their wonderful mother and their beloved dog Johnny die within months of each other, ten-year-old Rose and her brothers have to make some adjustments when they get a new dog and their father begins to date. Rose feels that her father and brothers are betraying the memories of her mother and Johnny by trying to replace them so quickly. Is she the only one that remembers they had a mother? In this story told straight from the heart, Rose learns that there's a place for both old and new memories, and that different experiences aren't always bad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698115945
• ISBN13: 9780698115941
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Paperstar Book
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

An excellent book--

By the end of the year I will be a certified elementary school teacher, so I spend much of my free time reading children's literature. This book is one of the best I have read this year. It addresses a problem with which many children must, unfortunately, deal - adjusting to the death of a parent. This story is concise and realistic, without being overly sentimental. The narrator, Rosie, is not perfect, but she is likeable and believable. Ms. Muchmore chose to keep the number of characters to a minimum and to refrain from providing extensive detailed descriptions for those characters. She did, however, allow Rosie to give enough information for the reader to empathize with Rosie's feelings. The cover states that the book is for ages 8-12; I think ages 10+ would be more appropriate.