{"id":563,"date":"2025-09-16T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:38:01","slug":"girl-scouts-anika-and-the-great-dog-rescue-a-girl-scouts-novel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/girl-scouts-anika-and-the-great-dog-rescue-a-girl-scouts-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Scouts: Anika and the Great Dog Rescue (A Girl Scouts Novel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-688x1024.jpg 688w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-768x1143.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-100x149.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-1033x1536.jpg 1033w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1-1377x2048.jpg 1377w, http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AnikasDogRescue-cvr-c-1.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Order from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girl-Scouts-Anika-Great-Rescue\/dp\/0063317850\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=QdV9Z&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.a7785aa2-ac28-4769-b3eb-cff7b9738627&amp;pf_rd_p=a7785aa2-ac28-4769-b3eb-cff7b9738627&amp;pf_rd_r=144-8139682-6077337&amp;pd_rd_wg=xblbf&amp;pd_rd_r=60373581-2a3d-4941-b98d-da80d90b1377&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/girl-scouts-sayantani-dasgupta\/1146190940?ean=9780063317857\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">A fun-and-friendship-filled follow-up to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">Maven Takes the Lead<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">\u00a0in the must-read middle grade series from Girl Scouts of the USA, starring a group of fifth graders who love making the world a better place. This novel written by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">New York Times\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta is perfect for fans of<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">The Baby-Sitters Club\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">and American Girl&#8217;s Girl of the Year series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anika loves animals.<\/p>\n<p>She loves bird-watching in her backyard, volunteering at the animal shelter with her Girl Scout troop, and caring for her elderly neighbor\u2019s parrot. Anika wants a pet, but her parents have a long list of reasons to say no, including that they aren\u2019t sure Anika is up for the responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>When Anika discovers a stray dog in her neighbor\u2019s backyard, she decides to take charge all on her own. Between friend fights at school and her mom working harder than ever, Anika could use the distraction. This is something she wants to handle herself. But then the pup doesn\u2019t show up for a few days and Anika is worried something is wrong. With time running out, it\u2019s up to Anika to build a web of support strong enough to bring the dog to safety.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Look out for more incredible middle grade books from Girl Scouts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\">\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Maven Takes the Lead<\/span>, the first book in this Girl Scout Novel series, available now!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Ultimate Friendship Journal,\u00a0<\/span>available now!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a-list-item\"><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Take Action: You Can Make the World a Better Place,\u00a0<\/span>coming Fall 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Order from: Amazon | Barnes &amp; Noble A fun-and-friendship-filled follow-up to\u00a0Maven Takes the Lead\u00a0in the must-read middle grade series from Girl Scouts of the USA, starring a group of fifth graders who love making the world a better place. This novel written by\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta is perfect for fans of\u00a0The Baby-Sitters Club\u00a0and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}