Mom's Best Friend

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Leslie and her family learn to adjust to life without their mother when she is away training her new dog guide, Ursula, after the passing of their previous guide dog, Marit. When Leslie’s mother and Ursula come home, the family must adjust to having a new member of their family. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reading, 2005)

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