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Burgess, Melvin.
LADY : MY LIFE AS A BITCH
New York : Holt, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 0805071482
Sandra Francy is headed for trouble.  She's 17 and has had it with rules.  She's dumped her safe boyfriend and wants to take a walk on the wild side.  She begins to stay out all night and blow off school.  You might be thinking she's heading for a bad turn -- and you are right.  You might just not be able to imagine how completely her world is about to change.  After a nasty encounter with a street person, Sandra finds herself changed.  Changed into a dog!  Now that is a change!  How can she ever survive as a street dog?
SUBJECTS:     Dogs -- Fiction.
                        Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
                        Alcoholics -- Fiction.
                        Magic -- Fiction.
                        Manchester (England) -- Fiction.
                        England -- Fiction.

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