Elvis and the Underdogs (27 page)

PHOTO BY RANDI BEASLEY

JENNY LEE
is a writer and producer on the Disney Channel TV show
Shake It Up
, the number-one-rated kids' show in the country. The author of four humor essay books, this is Jenny's first book for children. She lives in Los Angeles with her Newfoundland, Doozy.

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Cover art © 2013 by
KELLY LIGHT

Cover design by
MICHELLE TAORMINA

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Text copyright © 2013 by Jenny Lee.

Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Kelly Light.

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LVIS AND THE UNDERDOGS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lee, Jenny, 1971–

Elvis and the underdogs / Jenny Lee ; illustrations by Kelly Light — 1st ed.

       p.     cm.

Summary: All his life Benji, now ten, has been sickly and he has long been targeted by the school bully, but after a seizure Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk.

ISBN 978-0-06-223554-1 (hardcover bdg.)

EPub Edition March 2013 ISBN 9780062235770

[1. Service dogs—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Human-animal communication—Fiction. 4. Sick—Fiction. 5. Bullies—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction. 7. Family life—Fiction.] I. Light, Kelly, 1970– ill. II. Title.

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