Fifteen-year-old Olivia, unhappy because she is overweight and because she must care for her invalid grandmother after school every day, at first denies, then struggles to come to terms with both problems.
"The residents at Harbor View, a Greenwich Village home for 'thrown away' people, love Lady, the live-in therapy dog. But when the owner dies in a tragic and bizarre hit-and-run accident and Lady vanishes, Harbor View is plunged into chaos."--back cover.
When her father does the impossible and remarries, twelve-year-old Louise has to come to grips with an unwanted stepmother and her slobbering golden retriever, and finally learns what it means to share and love.
Outlines how to draw simple cartoons from circles, dots, lines, and curves and how to add professional touches such as shading, decorative detail, or color.
