TY - BOOK AU - Wallace, Bill, 1947- TI - The pick of the litter SN - 0-439-23639-8 AV - FIC W15 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Conduct of life KW - Fiction N2 - Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first when he is wrongly accused of lying at school, then when he faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while helping his grandfather train hunting dogs, but writing to a new friend helps him sort his feelings and do the right thing ER -