No Home for Shannon

by Marilyn D. Anderson

Book Overview

Holly finds the most beautiful dog ever--a golden retriever that she names Shannon. But Mom and Dad don't want a dog and know it is best to return the dog to its owner. But when the owner shows up and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874060737
• ISBN13: 9780874060737
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Pages Publishing Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

It's a winner, honest

NO HOME FOR SHANNON WAS the fourth book I ever wrote, and since then I've written 15 others. When I wrote this book, the name Holly Church came from a flute student I once had in Two Harbors, MN. I'm not sure where the name Shannon came from. To write the part about Shannon being mistreated by his trainer, I had to do research on how a Golden Retriever might be trained for work with birds and dog shows. The book has been very popular for over 15 years.

I liked the book because I was able to relate to Holly.

I first read the book when I was about seven or eight and it's one of the few books that I remember reading, so it has to be good considering that I am now 18 years old. I could really relate with Holly and her experiences. I thought that Marylin Anderson did a very good job in depicting the love between an animal and a person. I really recommend this book to any child who has ever had or wanted or dog.