Ikezawa, S. (2005). Guru Guru Pon-Chan 1 (p. 192). Del Rey.
ISBN: 0345480953
$10.95 paperback
Reader's Annotation: After licking a magic bone, Ponta changes from a golden retriever to a human girl. She tries to fit in at school, and catch the eye of the boy she likes.
Summary: Ponta's owner is an inventor who hopes to give his dog the power of human speech. His magic bone works differently than he expected, however, and changes the golden retriever into a human girl. Ponta runs into Mirai Ikawaki, the most popular boy at school when she is changing from a dog to a human. He knows her secret, and is supposed to keep her out of trouble at school. Though Ponta wants to make Mirai and her family happy, she is better equipped to be a dog than to be a human. She must learn human ways if she wants to win Mirai's affections.
Genre: graphic novel, manga, magic, love story, series, dogs
Series : There are currently nine volumes in this series, each with the title Guru Gure Pon-chan.
Why it belongs in a Tween Collection: This is a shojo manga series about a dog that turns into human girl with a crush on a cute boy. What's not to love? This will be loved by all readers of shojo manga, a large percentage of which are tween girls.
Readalikes :
- Fruits Basket
- Kiki's Delivery Service
Reviews:
From School Library Journal
Grade 5 Up–Lovable dog Ponta has become human after swallowing a new invention, The Chit-Chat Bone. Transformed into an attractive young woman, she nevertheless continues to act like a dog, enthusiastically jumping on her friends and eating greedily from her lunchmates' bowls. Ponta's transformation is not permanent, though, and she constantly switches between her canine and human states. Melodrama kicks in as she agonizes over her human crush, Mirai, sadly realizing that love between dogs and humans can never be. Goofy asides and sound effects fill the frames, and characters' features and emotional reactions are comically exaggerated. This exuberant, untidy style reflects Ponta's giddy and confused mood swings, and readers will find it hard not to root for such an endearing heroine.–Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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