# A Dog's Life

**Author:** Ann M. Martin
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**First published:** 2007
**Page count:** 182
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780439717007`
**ISBN-10:** `0439717000`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-dogs-life-the-autobiography-of-a-stray
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

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### Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award

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- **recommended** · 6th grade · Arkansas — [source: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 2008 winner (grades 4-6)](https://library.arkansas.gov/programs/book-awards/past-award-winners/)

### Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award

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- **recommended** · 4th grade · Washington — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2008 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Washington — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2008 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Washington — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)

### William Allen White Children's Book Award

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- **recommended** · 6th grade · Kansas — [source: Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award (Emporia State University) — winner list (grades 3-5 + 6-8 divisions) via Wikipedia — 2008 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_White_Children%27s_Book_Award)

### Young Hoosier Book Award

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- **recommended** · 6th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 2010 winner (Intermediate)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

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