From the award-winning author of Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess , a timely middle-grade story about the devastation of wildfires and the resilience of the human spirit NOW AVAILBABLE IN PAPERBACK He\'s a rescue, a mutt.
And she shows how one girl\'s stressful journey eventually leads her to an unexpected place, and a new definition of home..
With her signature style combining simplicity and lyricism, the author of Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles and Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess tells an uplifting story of love and loss.
She will do what it takes to find him, even if it means going back to Pine Grove on her own.
She is not going to lose Mike.
What will happen if nothing is left? But as she reflects on what home means to her, Cara knows only one thing.
Jewel, the hosts\' daughter, is nice, but Cara can only think about what she may have lost.
Once in the city far from the burn zone, the Donovans are housed with a volunteer host family.
Shocked and devastated, Cara watches helplessly as the family drives through a nightmare, with burning debris falling from the sky and wild animals fleeing for their lives.
They are forced to leave him behind.
And then the unthinkable happens; there is no time to search for Mike.
In the ensuing chaos, Mike runs off.
Pine Grove is in the path of a wildfire, and the family is ordered to evacuate.
Usually her pet follows Cara everywhere, but on the day the family first smells smoke in the air, Mike becomes anxious.
But Mike is eleven-year-old Cara Donovan\'s dog, and they love each other absolutely.
He\'s had a run-in with coyotes and he\'s Missing an eye.
Maybe there\'s a little golden retriever in him, although he\'s not exactly pretty.
From the award-winning author of Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess , a timely middle-grade story about the devastation of wildfires and the resilience of the human spirit NOW AVAILBABLE IN PAPERBACK He\'s a rescue, a mutt
