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Ten-year-old fifth grader West Tate loves living in an old farmhouse in Sutherlin, Oregon, where he has seven acres of unused farmland for his backyard. But that happiness is threatened when the family receives a letter from the bank demanding they pay their loan or risk losing the farmhouse and the land forever.

In West's adventures, he and his dog Friendly cleverly save the life of a baby turtle that West names George, and they rescue a baby squirrel they call Nadia. George uses a remote control helicopter to seek revenge on an evil crow and finds a secret pond! Along the way, George learns to understand the critical importance of friendship, family and freedom. The bare essentials of life itself!

While helping West with a book report, the animals discover an old map of Sutherlin in a library book. The map doesn’t show the farmhouse, but it does show something even better—B.B.’s Gold Mine! Determined to return the kindness West showed them, George and his pals set out to save the farm!

Customer Reviews (2)

needs a good proofreader but great story
Luckily I am reading this to my son (who LOVES the story).But it is filled with typos, misspellings and punctuation mistakes.An English teacher's nightmare.
Next time, please use an editor - this book could be a classic.

A Mother's Review:
I bought this for my thirteen year old daughter who just loved Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little.I have never seen my daughter laugh so much, while reading an adventure novel before.She wouldn't put the book down, not even to come to dinner.I am not used to seeing my daughter this way about anything.When she was finished she swore up and down that although she had previously read Charlotte's Web, this fascinating story was far better.My daughter kept repeating that the story seemed to be written by EB White himself, so it was hard for her to believe that "George's Pond" wasn't one of his too. As for myself, I glanced through the book and was a little impressed at how packed with family values this book was, but I don't know if my daughter noticed it or not, but I sure would rather have her read remarkable stories like "George's Pond" compared to a lot of things the kids today read about.It's about time that someone wrote a book with good old family values weaved within. ... Read more

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