Spotting Dottie

Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right--the lake monster is real!

When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake. Her grandma, who has dedicated her life to searching for the monster, is the joke of the town. But when Charlotte manages to capture a video of the monster and posts it online, she's the sudden target of a media storm. Now everyone is making fun of her too. Worse, droves of monster hunters arrive in her town, crowding the lake. When their boat propellers threaten to hurt Dottie, Charlotte is faced with a difficult choice.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Author: Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781459834828

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 554130 / Spotting Dottie


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2024 pg. 68
School Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 90

About the Author

Gail Anderson-Dargatz is the award-winning author of over twenty books, including The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees, which were finalists for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She has also written a number of short novels for striving readers, including the Orca Anchor title My Life Off-Key and the Orca Currents titles Bigfoot Crossing and Iggy's World, both JLG Gold Standard Selections, and The Ride Home, which was shortlisted for a BC and Yukon Book Prize. Gail lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia.