All Orphan Avery wants is a dog of her own...
Should she break Aunt Laurel\'s rules and save the canine species? Or is she doomed to a life as a Dogless orphan?.
As Avery uncovers secrets about her past and a sinister plot against dogkind, she must decide where her loyalties lie.
But the animal patrol officer he\'s fleeing from has a chilling resemblance to the Interdimensional villain from Aunt Laurel\'s poem.
Right? When Avery finds a scruffy terrier hurt and abandoned at the island\'s lighthouse, she jumps to his rescue.
But that\'s just a silly story.
The poem warns of mysterious Scorned Sliders who travel from a different dimension to wreak havoc on the island\'s dogs.
Avery and Aunt Laurel travel to Beaver Island, Lake Michigan-a place Avery\'s only heard about in her aunt\'s old nursery rhyme.
Everything changes the summer before sixth grade. ...but her strict stand-in-mom Aunt Laurel absolutely forbids it with ridiculous excuse (dogs drool) after ridiculous excuse (dogs shed).
All Orphan Avery wants is a dog of her own..
