Spike in Trouble

Paulette Bogan, Paulette Bogan Rand. Putnam Publishing Group, $13.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-399-23765-2

Accused of rummaging through the trash and digging up the flower bed, Spike is sent to obedience school in Spike in Trouble by Paulette Bogan, the fourth title starring the spunky canine. But Spike is innocent, and when he returns from training to find more mayhem afoot, he's determined to catch the real mischief-maker.

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