Title: George Knows
Author: Mindy Mymudes
Pages: 154
My Review: 5 stars
Book Description:
An egotistical magical basset hound named George believes it's his duty to train and protect his 12-year-old Girlpup, a greenwitch named Karly. He and his Girlpup must solve a murder as well as save their park from being developed. George is the perfectly designed familiar for the job.
My Review:
"George Knows" is a sweet, funny read. A lovable basset hound tries to teach his "Girlpup", Karly, how to be partners with him as a witch/familiar duo. She has not yet learned to accept and share their mind link, and she tends to see him as a bit of a nuisance. George often becomes exasperated with her while patiently waiting for her to realize that she can make things much easier for both of them if she just opens her mind and listens to him.
The story seems to be about family and coming together to solve a mystery, while throughout showing Karly's growth in her powers and her acceptance of her link with George. When Karly and George are wandering the woods in search of plants for her witch aunt to use, they stumble across a partial human skeleton. George digs them up, and they take them back to Karly's Auntie Heather, starting a whole series of events that leads to even bigger mysteries and discoveries in the woods bordering their local park.
To compound this problem and make matters worse, their investigation is interrupted and made more complicated by the construction crew waiting to clear the forest so that they can build condos. It becomes a race against time to prove that this crew has no right to the land, to figure out the circumstances surrounding the human remains, and to discover what is causing the strange markings and is hoarding items in the forest, including the human remains that were found.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The part of George was written perfectly, with just the right amounts of intelligent familiar and ADD/food-obsessed dog personalities mixed in. I laughed at George's thoughts and opinions of his Pack people, especially of Joey, Karly's little brother, aka "The Creep" or "Boypup".
I'm actually planning to purchase another copy of this book to give to my younger brother, who is a pretty avid reader. I think it is right up his alley, and he will love it. (He will also probably be begging our mom for a dog again when he's done! Haha...)
You can buy "George Know" at any of the following links:
http://www.amazon.com/George-Knows-Mindy-Mymudes/dp/177127543X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1401122881&sr=8-1
https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/coming-soon/december-2013/george-knows-detail
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/george-knows-mindy-mymudes/1117558355?ean=2940148963325
http://prod-www.kobobooks.com/ebook/George-Knows/book-SmkHEkErOUiWQFyltDSE5Q/page1.html
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/george-knows/id773329021?mt=11
