Snow Bound

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Snow Bound is a story about a boy named Tony Laporte who has a wealthy family and who most people would say is a spoiled kid. They say this because most of the time his parents get him whatever he wants and lets him get away with a lot of things. His parents do this because they want him to have all the things they always wanted as a kid. One day on the way home from school Tony decides to go look at a clubhouse he and his friends built last summer. Once he walked up to the entrance he notices a brown dog laying near the entrance of their Clubhouse. The dog began to growl at him at first, but once Tony stands his ground the dog stepped back and sat down. He decides he likes the dog and wants to take the dog home. When he arrives home he is

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