The Murder of Hound Dog Bates

by Robbie Branscum

Book Overview

When Sassafras Bates find his beloved dog dead, he thinks he knows who killed him. So he buries Hound Dog Bates smack in front of his aunts' porch, hoping that guilt will make one of them confess.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670495212
• ISBN13: 9780670495214
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

He "Knows" Who Did It

Sassaafrass Bates (yep, that's his name) is a dirt poor country youngun. His Ma is dead, his Pa gone, and he lives on a weather-beaten old farm with his three aunts. According to him, one aunt is downright sneaky, another has cold black eyes and thin lips, and the third is nothin' but mean lookin'. One of them (he's not certain which, yet) has sure enough killed his pet hound dog, and he's gonna get even--just short of murder. Well, things don't work out the way Sass has figured they might and that's what's so interesting. You'll find the story funny--even though Sass is dead serious. [Humorous realistic fiction--with a poor rural setting--suitable for grades three through seven.] A Non-Workbook, Non-Textbook Approach to Teaching Language Arts: Grades 4 Through 8 and Up