SuitabookLoyalty and friendship
Red and Rusty are described as exceptionally close, and Red acts to recover him after he is taken.
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Maripat Perkins - Author
A lively friendship adventure about Rodeo Red’s determination to recover Rusty after Slim takes him. Its emotional centre is the value Red places on loyalty, tested by a difficult bargain involving her birthday present.
Rodeo Red and her hound dog Rusty are happier than two buttons on a new shirt until Side Swiping Slim shows up. Red is sure that anyone who hollers that much will be hauled to the edge of town and told to skedaddle, but her parents seem smitten. When that scallywag sets his eye on Rusty, Rodeo Red had better figure out a way to save her best friend in all the world. Can she make a bargain with a varmint? Rodeo Red and her hound dog, Rusty, are happy as can be until Side Swiping Slim comes to town and starts stirring up trouble for them. When Slim steals Rusty, Red will do anything to get him back--even give up the birthday gift her Aunt Sal sent.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively friendship adventure about Rodeo Red’s determination to recover Rusty after Slim takes him. Its emotional centre is the value Red places on loyalty, tested by a difficult bargain involving her birthday present.
Red and Rusty are described as exceptionally close, and Red acts to recover him after he is taken.
Notice how the story presents Slim’s troubling behaviour and Red’s response.
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