SuitabookIn the Doghouse (Lizzie McGuire Mysteries #5)
Lisa Banim
- Reading
- Enjoy the mystery together by pausing to compare the possible suspects as clues emerge; afterwards, check whether the resolution answers what happened to the dogs as well as who let them out.
- Themes
- Fundraising and friendship: Lizzie starts a dog-walking and dog-sitting business with Miranda and Gordo to raise money for an animal shelter. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Jealousy and suspicion: Lizzie’s project is described as a good idea, while cheerleaders Kate and Claire’s pom-pom fundraiser is described as a failure; Lizzie’s fundraiser outcome is not stated. Lizzie’s brother and two complaining neighbours are also raised as possible leads. The mystery invites suspicion among rivals and neighbours, but this does not establish that any of them is responsible or how the story judges them.
- Worth knowing
- The dogs’ escape and the possibility that someone deliberately let them out may be worth discussing with a reader who worries about animals going missing; their eventual fate is not stated.