However, when Carver, a family friend who’s very attractive, bordering hot, comes to stay with them to intern at her mother’s veterinary clinic for the summer, Natalie finds herself quickly challenging her mother’s. ' Stray is a winning novel that provides us with an important reminder: it's okay to make mistakes and break the rules, especially when it comes to love. Since her parents’ divorce, Natalie’s overprotective mother has kept her on a very short leash and, except for a few white lies, Natalie’s been quite obedient. ' Stray is a winning novel that provides us with an important reminder: it's okay to make mistakes and break the rules, especially when it comes to love.'-Maureen Johnson, author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes And who can blame her when the gorgeous and mysterious Carver Reed comes to live with the Kaplan family for the summer? Little by little, Natalie is drawn to Carver's spontaneity and free spirit, and before long, she turns into another breed of girl, who surprisingly bites the hand that feeds her. Just like the Ibizan, Natalie is very mindful of her master's rules, but at the first sign of freedom, she is prone to stray. (Her mom is a respected veterinarian with a successful clinic, so it's not that much of a stretch.) Actually, Natalie has been trained so well that sometimes she thinks her mother is secretly controlling her with a dog whistle. Stacey Goldblatt is the author of Stray (3.60 avg rating, 270 ratings, 45 reviews, published 2007) and Girl to the Core (3.49 avg rating, 75 ratings, 15. It’s a book teen girls are sure to love, though it is a fun, entertaining read for. Natalie herself resembles an Ibizan hound-quiet, playful, loyal, smart, and above all, obedient. Stray is Stacey Goldblatt’s charming debut novel about sixteen-year-old Natalie Kaplan, her love of dogs, and the summer when a mysterious, attractive seventeen-year-old boy, Carver Reed, moves into the room above her family’s garage and romance blossoms. When 16-year-old Natalie Kaplan meets a new person, she knows right away what kind of dog they'd be.

Stray by stacey goldblatt