TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galante,Cecilia
TI  - Strays like us
SN  - 9781338043006
U1  - FIC GAL 
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Foster parents
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Animal welfare
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 8-12
Middle grade
N2  - Twelve-year-old Fred (never Winifred) is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her
ER  -