# My Dog, My Hero

**Author:** Betsy Cromer Byars
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–10
**First published:** 2000
**Page count:** 47
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780805063271`
**ISBN-10:** `0439417775`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero.

## Themes

- dogs
- dogs, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards), Grades 3-5 & Grades 6-8 divisions

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