Girls Best Friend by Leslie Margolis

The book that I have recently read is Girls Best Friend by Leslie Margolis. This book is about a young girl growing up in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Maggie is a dog walker and she helps solve the mystery of the missing dogs. Maggie notices things that normal people don’t she notices and remembers things. Overall I really like the book. One thing that stood out to me was the setting. The author lives in Park Slope so she includes places that I know and visit often.

One example of this is “Beastly Bites” a pet store that used to be on 7^th avenue. Maggie goes in there to buy a treat for Preston a dog that she walks. Another example is Prospect Park. Maggie and her twin brother Finn play soccer in the park and Maggie also walks dogs in the park. The author also describes the loins that guard the 3^rd street entrance to the park. These loins make Maggie feel safe because then believes that they are watching over her. Finally they descried Garfield the street where Maggie lives. Garfield is a real street in Park Slope. This is some of the setting that is in the book.

I really liked this book because of the plot but also the setting. I felt a connection to Maggie because be both have grown up in the same neighborhood with the same places. I highly recommend this book.