The Guide Dog Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Benny - He is one of the Alden children. He is six years old..
Jessie - She is one of the Alden children. She is twelve years old.
Henry - He is one of the Alden children. He is 14 years old.
Violet She is one of the Alden children. She is ten years old.
Grandfather Alden He is the grandfather of the Alden children. They live with him.
Jason Peters He is a trainer at the Greenfield Guide Dog School.
Mrs. Carter She is the owner of the Greenfield Guide Dog School.
Ginger She is a Golden Retriever who is a guide dog.
Mrs. Davis She is a woman who used to own Ginger.
Gerard Dominick He is a man who wants to buy Ginger.
The setting of the story is the small town of Greenfield and the Greenfield Guide Dog School.
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden had gone to downtown Greenfield to pick up some things for dinner. Outside the grocery store, they meet a man who was blindfolded being led by a golden retriever. The man was Jason Peters, who worked at Greenfield Guide Dog School owned by Mrs. Carter whom they soon met. Mrs. Carter went to school with their Grandfather Alden. Mrs. Carter talks with Grandfather Alden and asks him if the children can come help out at the guide dog school for a week. Grandfather says yes, and the children pack and are dropped off at the school.
At the school, while Jason was showing the children how he trained a guide dog, a big black car drove up and a woman got out. Ginger ran to the woman. The woman, Mrs. Davis used to own Ginger. Jason and Mrs. Davis talked. Jason was angry that she was there. The woman left.
Anna Chang, a blind girl came to the school to start working with a guide dog. The children quickly befriended Anna. While Jason was talking to Anna, Benny saw a well-dressed man hiding in the woods. Anna received Ginger as he new guide dog. Later, a man came to Mrs. Carter's office when the children were working there and wanted to buy Ginger. The children told him he had to talk to Mrs. Carter.
The children told Mrs. Carter about the man.
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