Brandon Brown really wants a dog, but his mother is not quite so sure. A dog is a big responsibility for any age, much less a soon-to-be 9-year-old. Determined to get a dog, Brandon will do almost anything to get one, but will he do everything it takes to keep one...a secret?

Read by a native speaker from Latin America. Listen to a present tense sample here and a past tense sample here. (In the new screen, click on the blue bar below the novel.)

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