Review of Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

This is a story about Ginger Pye. Ginger Pye is a dog. It starts with a boy named Jerry and his sister named Racheal. They try to earn a dollar to get a dog. They earn the dollar by dusting the pews at their church. Their uncle Benny who is 3 years old helps them. That is a very young uncle. They got payed before they dusted the pews. Then they bought the dog. It was a puppy at a neighbors house. And then Mrs. Speedy let them have the dog after they payed her. There was another boy who wanted their dog. While they were in the barn they saw a boy with a yellow hat. Then when the were on the way home they heard some footsteps. Then when they were at the reservoir swimming they saw the same hat fly right into the water. Then their friend had an idea. He had a red crayon and he marked a line on the inside band of the hat. They left the hat on a rock at the reservoir.
Jerry and his sister loved their puppy and they thought he was the smartest dog ever. One day Ginger missed them so much when they were at school that he tracked them all the way to school and he climbed up the fire escape and gave Jerry his pencil and the whole class was amazed. The teacher was mad and slammed a stick on the desk. He said, " Jerry put this dog under your desk. "
On Thanksgiving Ginger Pye disappeared. They put him in the backyard while they were eating and then when they went out to find him, Ginger Pye was gone. They went looking for him. They told the chief at the police station. They also gave him a drawing of the man they thought stole their dog. A man wearing a yellow hat. They went knocking on peoples doors they remembered not to knock on Mrs Mincemeat's door - or so they called her - but they did knock on Wally Bullwinkle's door. He said "get away there is a big dog"!!! They were surprised at his being mean especially because he was in Jerry's class at school and the whole class was amazed at Ginger Pye.
They looked and looked and they could not find him. They thought maybe he would come back on Christmas, because they thought he might be a holiday dog since he went missing on Thanksgiving. But he did not return on Christmas . On Jerry's birthday they went out to west rock. When they got home their mama thought Jerry had the German Measles. Then Mama gave Racheal 2 pennies to go to the penny shop. She asked Jerry what he wanted .. He said a yo yo. She went to the penny shop through the valley and through the thicket and she got to the penny shop and got a yo yo for Jerry. Then Uncle Benny found Ginger Pye and grandma did not believe that it was Ginger Pye because he was full grown and had a owie on his head. He was coming from the direction of Wally Bullwinkle's house. Grandma and Uncle Benny went to the Pye's house and Ginger Pye followed them. While they were doing this Jerry and Rachel were picking strawberries and on the way home they spilled all of Uncle Benny's strawberries. Then when they got home they saw Ginger Pye and remembered him and they were very happy. He licked everybody but only Jerry twice because he was holding the yellow hat. Then when Jerry dropped the yellow hat Ginger Pye jumped up into his arms and started licking him. By this time they knew it was Wally Bullwinkle that had stolen Ginger Pye because when they saw him get on a train he lent his head out a window and his hat flew away and landed at Jerry's feet. It was a yellow hat and inside there was a red crayon mark on the band.



I liked this story very much. Whoever made this story I would love to listen to all of the stories that they might tell. The best part was when they were doing the mysteries. I like mysteries because they are like secrets that can not be discovered until they learn all the clues.