Dog+on+It

=Dog on It - Spencer Quinn= NEXT WEEKS JOBS nick matt chis ken

Dog on It is 320 pages and has been rated 3 1/2 stars by Barnes and Nobles book store customers. It sounds good and the title is original. The book is already going to become a movie because it is already a best seller. From the synopsis, we can all tell that book is interesting and gives a lot of messages to people. We are all interested in mystery books, and think this book will be a great choice.

Synopsis: by Barnes and Nobles

Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of //Dog on It//, who works alongside Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. Chet might have flunked out of police school ("I'd been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn't remember exactly, although blood was involved"), but he's a detective through and through. In this, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of Madison, a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters. A well-behaved, gifted student, she didn't arrive home after school and her divorced mother is frantic. Bernie is quick to take the case — something about a cash flow problem that Chet's not all that clear about — and he's relieved, if vaguely suspicious, when Madison turns up unharmed with a story that doesn't add up. But when she disappears for a second time in a week, Bernie and Chet aren't taking any chances; they launch a full-blown investigation. Without a ransom demand, they're not convinced it's a kidnapping, but they are sure of one thing: something smells funny. Their search for clues takes them into the desert to biker bars and other exotic locals, with Chet's highly trained nose leading the way. Both Chet and Bernie bring their own special skills to the hunt, one that puts each of them in peril. But even as the bad guys try to turn the tables, this duo is nothing if not resourceful, and the result is an uncommonly satisfying adventure. With his doggy ways and his endearingly hardboiled voice, Chet is full of heart and occasionally prone to mischief. He is intensely loyal toBernie, who, though distracted by issues that Chet has difficulty understanding — like divorce, child custody, and other peculiar human concerns — is enormously likable himself, in his flawed, all-too-human way.

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 * Week 1 - Characters:**

A -Nick B -Matt C -Ken D -Chris

Discussion Questions: 1) How could you describe Chet, the narrator of the story? A) Chet is a clever police dog. He works for the "LDA," The Little Detective Agency. He works, for a detective with the name Bernie Meeting Notes: - The book is told from the dog "Chet's" point of view. - "chet is clever because hes a detective" nick - "he does what ever hes told"nick - "bernie is divorced man"nick - "bernie is the detective"matt -"their relationship remnds me of scooby and shaggy doo"ken -"bernie pretty much controls chet and he listens good"chris -"chet looks like a german shepard"nick -"bernies smokes alot"chris -"bernies friend is a drunk"nick -"bernies ex wife is leda and his sons name is charley"chris -"OWNER OF THE LDA"chris -"bernies a sad depressed man on the inside and outside"ken -"its gonna be made into series"morone

Week 2 - Language A -Matt B -Chris C - Nick D -Ken

Discussion Questions:
 * **What language is the book in?** English
 * **How does the dog speak?** He is the narrator, in the book he speaks like a normal human.
 * **Is the book easy to understand and read?** Sometimes, in the beginning it is easy to understand, as you get deeper and deeper, it get more complicated for readers to understand. This is not child's, there is cursing.
 * **Why do you think that the book is written in the dogs point of view?** It is written like this because dogs are really observant, and they don't have an opinion on things cause they cant talk

Meeting Notes: Week 3- Mood/Tone A- Chris(sick) B- Ken C- Matt D- Nick
 * This group period was very interesting. We learned about much of the book to the part that we got up to the 2nd fifth of the book. We learned that the Chet was captured by the bad guys.

Discussion Questions
 * A.) How does the character's actions affect the mood of the story? B.) How did Chet being captured affect Bernie's mood? C.) What kind of tone does the author use?**

Week 4- Themes/ Images A- Ken B- Nick C- Chris D- Matt
 * The bikers find Chet after he escapes. They give him to the dog shelter because they don't know who he was. He has a three day grace period. Susie the journalist finds him before they put the dog to sleep. This was a thrilling part of the story.

Discussion Questions - He represents a human companion and detective to Bernie. -Happiness when Bernie has when he lost his wife
 * A.) What does the dog represent?**

Week 5- Whatever we want A Chris B Matt C Nick D Ken

Discussion Questions A) the book was a great book and it is good for all ages. Out of 100 points we would rate the book as of, Ken- 70%, Matt- 79%, Nick- 85%, and Chris- 90%. A) It ended when Bernie and Chet, go and save the girl. A) We believe that the main characters are good people, cause they help the people that get taken by the bad guys, and they go and save them, cause they work for a detective agency. A) It was interesting to see how the book was in the dog's perspective. It was sometimes hard to understand the book because the dog's point of view had parts where they didn't really talk about how the humans were acting. Bernie was mentioned a lot in the book, but sometimes you wanted to see his reactions to some of the events that took place. We will recommend this book for many reasons. One reason we will recommend this book is because the book makes you think for various reason's. One example that the book makes you think is that one of the main characters, Chet, the dog, has been going back and forth between the two sides of evil and good. Near the middle of the book, the bad guys, capture Chet and makes him help them. Than Bernie, Chet's owner, came and saved him and took him back to the good side. This book is good for readers that like mystery and comic book. This is about a girl he gets captured and then at the end of the book Chet and Bernie come and rescue her.
 * A)How was the book overall?**
 * B) How did the book end?**
 * C) Is the main character a good or bad person.**
 * D)What were the pro's and con's of the style the author wrote?**
 * Recommendation-**