Hound Dog True

by Linda Urban
Once again, Mattie will be starting a new school.  About to be in fifth grade, she is living with her family where her mom grew up.

Also living in the same immediate area as Mattie is her outspoken Uncle Potluck, who happens to be the janitor at the school Mattie will be attending.  It comes to be her plan to become an apprentice janitor with Uncle Potluck.  At least that way Mattie can write stories in her notebook and not be friendless during lunch and recess.

But what will happen if her plans for being a janitor's apprentice fall through?  Or why does that Quincy Sweet keep popping up out of nowhere?  Between her diary and her new friend, which one will turn out to be "hound dog true?"

Recommended for grades 3-6
Reviewed by Joe Drinka