Going on sixteen
Popularity 16
Novel for young teenagers. Fourteen-year-old Julie tries to escape her own sense of inadequacy and her friends' talk of boys and parties by devoting herself to raising an orphaned collie pup. She gains in confidence through her relationship with the dog and also develops as a artist.
Self-acceptanceInterpersonal relationsDogsFictionChildren's fictionDogs, fictionSchools, fictionSelf-acceptance, fiction