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Dog Man and Petey face their biggest challenges yet in
the tenth Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and illustrator
Dav Pilkey.
Dog Man is down on his luck, Petey confronts his not so purr-fect
past, and Grampa is up to no good. The world is spinning
out of…

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1 author picked Mothering Heights as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is really funny and sad. It makes me laugh. The bad guys are pretty weird but hilarious.

The story’s well thought-out and deserves more kids to read it. It’s the 10th book in the Dog Man series and my favorite now. The characters are so funny and weird.

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