The story is about a 13-year-old school heartthrob, Calvin Wheeler, who is a huge fan of a hero comic book. In order to get a limited edition of the first edition comic book, Calvin planned to participate in a dog show competition with a championship prize of US$5,000. So he went to a nearby animal shelter to adopt the stray dog Tyco to compete. The pair's results in the preliminary competition were a blockbuster. Preston Price, the champion of the previous two competitions, was afraid of being threatened, so he managed to defeat Calvin in the final. Emily Watson, Calvin's classmate and animal shelter volunteer, was very disgusted with the dog show competition. When she learned about Calvin's purpose in adopting Tyco, she was very disappointed with Calvin. However, Calvin's friend Raymond Figg told her that after raising Tyco, Calvin became no longer as snobbish and had a sense of responsibility. Emily began to change his mind about him. When she learned of Preston's tricks, Emily not only encouraged Calvin, who had just planned to give up the competition, to re-participate,...
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