TY - BOOK AU - Wallace,Bill TI - The pick of the litter SN - 9780823419210 (trade bdg.) AV - PZ7.W15473 Pi 2005 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Holiday House KW - Conduct of life KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Pointer (Dog breed) KW - Dogs KW - Training KW - Grandfathers KW - Letters KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Pointers (Dog breed) N1 - Booklist, August 2005; Horn Book, October 2005; Booklist; Horn Book; 4.1; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; Follett Library Resources N2 - Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first when he is wrongly accused of lying at school, then when he faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while helping his grandfather train hunting dogs. Writing to a new friend helps him sort his feelings and do the right thing ER -