Genre: Realistic Fiction
Age Level: 12 and up
# of Pages: 197 p.
RAC Book: Yes
2008 Iowa Teen Award Winner
Twelve-year-old Charley is still recovering from a car accident in which her leg was badly hurt. As she struggles to walk with a cane around the lake near her house she finds a wild dog whom she names Coyote. Charley makes it her mission to tame Coyote and keep him as a personal friend. She feels they have a connection and she needs a friend for the summer since her best friend went off to tennis camp.
Listen is a slow moving story about a girl coping with the death of her mother and then a traumatic accident of her own in which she spent many months rehabilitating from. Coyote helps her to come to terms with everything she has lost as well as finding how to move on. Animal lovers will enjoy this book because it accurately illustrates how animals and humans can help each other heal. A good story, but many students may find it too slow without enough action to keep them intrigued and engaged.
Young Adult Book Reviews 
really want this book cuz i love love love love love love LOVE DOGS MOSTLY MY DOG tOOTSIE ROLL HIS A MINIATURE PINCHER
it’s a good book and is very heart warming
i love this book. it so exciting. i can never put it down sometimes. I love dogs.. witch makes it even better. This is a really good book!
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dear people,
i havent read this book yet but it seems good i read the first 30 pages and it was hard to put down i dont know how to deal with a book like that. i sort of can relate to that with my grandma she has cancer and shes all discombobulate and when we give her this little dog for christmas she emidetly falls in love with it.
This a amazing book I started it yesterday and I am all most done. This the most amazing book I have ever read. I love it.
i need to read this book for a book club in my school and i was going to finsih it with my gourp over vaction but i forgot the book
anyway this book is’nt that good lets just say its not my favorite book theres many more favorite books i jjust dont like this one
omg thats n ot ur favorite? then what is????/
i just got this book the other day thinking i wont like this turns out i love it and it is such a great book it is soo hard to put downn to every one who had never read this now is tthe time to startt ! i only got this bbook cuz i read these coments and now its an amazing book ili <33 ♥♥
This is a great book sad happy and sometimes funny
THIS BOOK IS SOOOO AMAZING IVE READ IT OVER AND OVER AT LEAST 3 TIMES!iT IS VERY HEART WARMING…i RELLY COULDNT PUT IT DOWN
i REALLY TRULY LOVE THIS BOOK! IMFALLING IN LOVE WITH cOYOTE!!!
this book was very good. i read it all in one day! i couldnt put it down!!
how long was she in the hospital?
I love this book my nanna (gradma) also has cancer just saying and her dog went to us because she pasted away last week 😦 i truley do love this book though i was ver engaged in it and it helped me cope with my grandmothers death…
i never read it but it looks sssooooo boring!!!!!
what town or state does this take place in?
This takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina
i luved dis book
good book amazing makes me happy
I really love this book i would toatally recomend it best book ever next to the twilight seris anyway I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
I read this book in Grade 5 in reading groups. It is a very good book with good description. I enjoyed this book a lot.
I need a couple reading response question for school can someone help me???? Please!!!! HELP!!!! ITS DUE TOMORROW !!!!!!
I’m not absolutely sure what you are looking for, but here are some questions.
1. How has the main character dealt with the grief of her mother?
2. Why is finding this dog so important for her rehabilitation?
3. What is her relationship like with her father and why is that important?
4. What are your predictions for these characters after the story ends? Where do you see them going?
omg this is such a good story i luv it so much!!!!!!
omg i loved this book it was very heart warming i couldn’t put it down
i thought this book kinda sucked. kinda boring n didnt really have a point to me, the only thing i got out of it was a book report for school.
OMG i love this book so much next to the Inkheart series its one of my Favs Im doing a book report on it it is so gooooood if u dont want to read it dont judge by the cover read the first chapter its really good
The first time I picked up this book, was the day I couldn’t put it down. I LOVE This Book!!! I read it for 2 days stright, and finished it on the second day. 🙂 The book was AMAZING!!!
I LOVE THIS BOOK i can’t find a book better than this i am reading it for my second time!! ( i NEVER read books twice) i hope Stephanie Tolan writes some more books like this one!
i just loved this book and its problems in charleys life and coyote they have an amazing connection throughout each others life i feel this is my most favorite book ever”listen” i love dis book i can’t even express how i felt wen i read it it was just wow wow wow!!!
Any bad comments are probably coming from people that have never read this book. Anyways, this book is so heart warming, exiting, and sad. But the sadness makes an adventure in the book, a puzzle of questions you hope get anwered. And as a teacher, I truly recommend it to everyone.
This book was the best book I have ever read. I LOVE this book it’s sad and heartwarming and very inspirational to me. I would recommend this book to everyone.
I read it and it was horrible Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this book was fantasic i read it in 6th grade and now 2 years later . i read it because, this is an exclent way to spend your summer !
EVERYONE I THINK NSHOULD READ IT IT IS A VERY GOOD AND HEART WARMING BOOK ITS ONLY 197 PAGES FOR YOU PEOPLE WHO DONT READ OR IS NOT INTRESTED IN IT
I’m reading this book for my homework. Love it! I’m only on chapter 11 though. But still I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it so far❤️