Ginger Pye

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Ginger Pye

Author	Eleanor Estes
Illustrator	Eleanor Estes
Cover artist	Arthur Howard
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's novel
Publisher	Harcourt Brace & World
Publication date	1951
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	306 pp
ISBN	0-590-45126-X
Followed by	Pinky Pye

Ginger Pye is a book by Eleanor Estes, originally published in 1951. Ginger Pye won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952.

[edit] Plot summary

The book is about a puppy named Ginger. Jerry Pye, a little boy (Age 10) resident in Cranbury, Connecticut in the 1920's, bought a puppy he wanted from Ms. Speedy for a hard-earned dollar he made while dusting the pews in the church. Jerry was pleased with the puppy and headed home. On the way home, Jerry and his sister Rachel heard footsteps behind them. When they turned back, they did not see anything. Jerry decided that if anyone was following them, then that follower was after his dog.

Later on Thanksgiving day, the dog, who the Pyes named Ginger, was missing. Jerry and his sister Rachel tried to find him, but they could not.

The Pyes--as well as other children Jerry and Rachel knew--spent almost every day looking for Ginger. They travel all over the town of Cranbury trying to find their lost little puppy. It was about ten months later when Uncle Bennie, who was only three years old, and Gramma found Ginger when the dog escaped from the yard of the Bullwinkle's. The Pyes found out that Wally Bullwinkle, a child in Jerry's class, was Ginger's kidnapper.