Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #2) - Softcover

LaRocca, Rajani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523526599 ISBN 13: 9781523526598

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers, 2024

Synopsis

Newbery Honor winner Rajani LaRocca joins the AYR list for the second book in "The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class" series -- an innovative new chapter-book series where every book will focus on a different kid in the same third-grade class, each created by a different acclaimed children's author.

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About the Author

Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in the Boston area, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor-winning middle-grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She's always been an omnivorous reader, and now she is an omnivorous writer of fiction and nonfiction, novels and picture books, prose and poetry. She also co-hosts the STEM Women in KidLit Podcast. Learn more about Rajani and her books at RajaniLaRocca.com and Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn at @RajaniLaRocca.

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            The biggest dog Rohan had ever seen was barreling toward them! It was pulling a teenage girl behind it. The dog had fluffy brown and white fur and a huge brown nose. Drool dripped from its open mouth, filled with huge, pointy teeth. Rohan froze.
            “Tiny! Stop it!” called the girl. She pulled on the dog’s leash, and finally got the dog to stop. “Sit!” she said.
            The dog sat right in front of Rohan's sister Kavya.
            “Oh, can I pet the doggy?” Kavya asked.
            “Sure,” said the girl. “I’m Amanda, and this is Tiny. He’s very friendly. He’s just a puppy, so he sometimes wants to run too fast.”
            That enormous dog was a puppy? Rohan couldn’t imagine how big it would be when it was full-grown.
            “Let him sniff your hand, like this,” Mom said, showing Kavya what to do.
            Kavya reached out, and Tiny sniffed her hand. “Oh! Tiny kissed me,” she said, giggling. She petted the dog’s enormous head. “Good doggy.”
            “Do you have to walk Tiny every day?” Rohan asked while Mom and Dad petted the dog, too.
            “Three or four times a day,” said Amanda. She laughed. “He has a lot of energy.”
            “I’ll bet,” Dad said. “Want to pet him, Rohan?”
            Rohan rubbed the base of this thumb. “You sure it’s safe?” he asked Amanda.
            “Definitely,” she said.
            Rohan held out his hand for the dog to sniff. He closed his eyes as the huge mouth came close.
         The dog touched Rohan’s hand with its wet nose, and Rohan opened an eye. He reached out his finger and brushed Tiny’s head before drawing his hand back again.
         That wasn’t that hard.
            Now Rohan knew how he could raise money for the school garden. Now hHe just needed to turn his idea into a plan.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1523526599
• ISBN 13: 9781523526598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128