McTavish goes wild

Format:

Book

Title:

McTavish goes wild

Author:

Rosoff, Meg, 1956- author.

ISBN:

9781536203318

9781781127612

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Publication:

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020

Physical Description:

82 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

General Note:

"First published by Barrington Stoke, Ltd. (Great Britain) 2018"--Title page verso

Contents:

School's out! -- The Peacheys choose a vacation -- Going camping -- The Peacheys set off -- Faraway campsite -- "Do your ears hang low?" -- Damp camp -- McTavish leads the Peacheys astray -- Follow that dog! -- Going home.

Summary:

It's summer, and the Peachey family is in crisis - again. Where will they go for their vacation? Betty Peachey thinks that camping is the best option, and Ma Peachey knows just the place. But Pa Peachey is convinced that nature is filled with terrible dangers, Ollie only wants to go if there's a dance club, and Ava would rather stay home and read German philosophy. Will rescue dog McTavish figure out how to turn the Peacheys into happy campers - and get them to brave the sparkling river and scenic mountainside before they pack up their tent and go home?

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 1.0 Quiz #508417.

Lexile 750L.

F&P S.

Subject(s):

Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Camping -- Juvenile fiction.

Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.

Dogs -- Fiction.

Families -- Fiction.

Camping -- Fiction.

Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.

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Summary

When a camping trip unleashes a reluctant Peachey family on the great outdoors, it's up to their savvy dog, McTavish, to show them how it's done.

It's summer, and the Peachey family is in crisis -- again. Where will they go for their vacation? Betty Peachey thinks that camping is the answer, and Ma Peachey knows just the place. But Pa Peachey is convinced that terrible dangers lurk in the world of nature, Ollie only wants to know if there are dance clubs, and Ava would rather stay home and read German philosophy. Will rescue dog McTavish figure out how to turn the Peacheys into happy campers -- and get them to brave the sparkling river and scenic mountainside before they pack up their tent and go home?

Author Notes

Meg Rosoff is the author of Good Dog, McTavish as well as numerous other novels for adults, young adults, and children, including How I Live Now and Jonathan Unleashed. She is also the coauthor, with Mal Peet, of Beck. Winner of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, a Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a Michael L. Printz Award, and a Carnegie Medal, Meg Rosoff lives in London.

Grace Easton is the illustrator of Good Dog, McTavish, which was her first book. A freelance illustrator, she spends her days drawing, painting, and telling stories with pictures. Born and raised in England, she now lives in Minneapolis.

Reviews (2)

Kirkus Review

McTavish returns to save the Peachey family from themselves, living up to his description as a "rescue" dog. In series opener Good Dog, McTavish (2018), the sandy-colored terrier brought a family back from the brink of disaster with sheer cleverness and good humor. In this second title, the role-reversal plot of the new dog training the family continues into summer vacation, as the Peacheys head to the Faraway Campsite. Ma Peachey is excited to head to the idyllic mountains, with flowering fields and a flowing river. But Pa Peachey sees ridiculous danger in the wilderness. Brother Ollie prefers a disco where he can meet girls. And Ava only wants to read German philosophers. Once again, young Betty, the most sensible of the bunch, is ignored by the complaining Peacheys, too selfish to notice the beauty around them. The grumpy family, depicted by Easton with dark hair, fair skin, and pointy noses, decides to pack up and return home--but where is McTavish? A game of hide-and-seek ensues, with the plucky pup staying just out of reach. McTavish is not leading them astray--he is providing them a perfect day experiencing the outdoors. This series has legs to stand on, with clean writing, grayscale illustrations that gently move the action forward, and lovable yet flawed characters needing redemption. Fans will be panting for more. A clearly entertaining read-aloud or read-alone for dog lovers. (Fiction. 7-10) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Taken as a whole, the Peachey family can be pretty obnoxious. Pa is fearful, unreasonable, and stubborn. Ollie is a lonely, argumentative teen in search of a girlfriend, and his older sister, Ava, is fixated on philosophy. Luckily, their younger sister, Betty, is a good-natured girl, and Ma Peachey is sensible. Otherwise, McTavish, a highly skilled "rescue dog," might have given up on saving this family soon after he adopted them. Instead, he saves their vacation--a camping trip--from sure disaster. How? He encourages singing around the campfire by howling loudly, and he cleverly engineers a family hike up the mountain by getting "lost" and staying ahead of them on the trail. With generous margins, wide-spaced lines of type, and 10 enjoyable gray-scale illustrations created in mixed media and collage, the book has an inviting look. Versatile writer Meg Rosoff shows her lighter side in the ever-amusing McTavish series, which offers episodic stories featuring a memorable canine protagonist and a believably flawed family in need of his help. An appealing choice for early chapter-book readers.