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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Quick read. Dog point of view. Kind cool in that it's one of the first books I've read with a severely autistic and non verbal child in it. Pretty cool. ( ) This story is about a dog (Chester) who failed his test as a service dog . He is matched with a boy (Gus) with nonverbal autism. The goal is to have the young boy open up and interact with more of the kids in his classmates. Gus deals with a class bully, because of his autism. Soon, Chester and Gus bound. Gus opens up to his classmates and no longer feels excluded. I would use this book as a read aloud to discuss autism as well as bullying and how much it can hurt someone. Chester is a smart and sensitive dog who is looking for his Person. More than anything he wants to be a service dog, but he is afraid of loud noises and got scared during his service dog test and didn't pass. Eventually Chester is adopted by a family with a boy who doesn't seem to like dogs. Little by little, Chester learns how to communicate with Gus, who is on the autism spectrum, even though Gus doesn't talk. This is a really sweet story for animal lovers everywhere. This was a delightful children's story of Chester the wanna-be service dog, and his owner, a ten-year-old boy who has autism, named Gus. The story is written by Chester the dog and I thoroughly loved the way the author wrote this story. I felt like Chester was really thinking the things written about him and came to love the dog and kept cheering him on. At the same time I got to see a little of what goes on inside a child with autism, and was so glad Gus had a friend like Chester. It was a very heartwarming story, even for an adult. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Critically acclaimed author Cammie McGovern presents a heartwarming and humorous middle grade novel about the remarkable bond that forms between an aspiring service dog and an autistic boy in need of a friend. "Joyful, inspiring, and completely winning, Chester and Gus is unforgettable," proclaimed Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal winner The One and Only Ivan. Chester has always wanted to become a service dog. When he fails his certification test, though, it seems like that dream will never come trueâ??until a family adopts him. They want him to be a companion for their ten-year-old son, Gus, who has autism. But Gus acts so differently than anyone Chester has ever met. He never wants to pet Chester, and sometimes he doesn't even want Chester in the room. Chester's not sure how to help Gus since this isn't exactly the job he trained forâ??but he's determined to figure it out. Because after all, Gus is now his person. No library descriptions found. |
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