On the Road to Mr. Mineo's
by Barbara O'Connor
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
From the publisher: Summer days drift by
slowly in Meadville, South Carolina--that is, until Sherman the
one-legged pigeon flies into town and causes a ruckus. First Stella,
who's been begging for a dog, spots him on top of a garage roof and
decides she wants him for a pet. Then there's Ethel and Amos, an old
couple who sees the pigeon in their barn keeping company with a little
brown dog that barks all night. The pigeon lands smack in the middle of
Mutt Raynard's head, but he's the town liar, so no one believes him. And
when Stella's brother Levi and his scabby-kneed,
germ-infested friends notice the pigeon, they join the chase, too.
Meanwhile, across town, Mr. Mineo has one less homing pigeon than he
used to...
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