A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world's
best bad dog, from award winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book
Award finalist The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, now available in
paperback.

This novel sings about loss and love and finding joy in new
friendships and a loving family, along with the world's best bad dog. An
uplifting middle grade novel about recovery featuring strong female characters,
an adorable dog, and the girl who comes to love him.
It's a life-altering New Year for thirteen-year-old Lydia
when she uproots to a Connecticut farm to live with her aunt following her
mother's death.
Aunt Brat and her jovial wife, Eileen, and their ancient
live-in landlord, Elloroy, are welcoming--and a little quirky. Lydia's struggle
for a sense of belonging in her new family is highlighted when the women adopt
a big yellow dog just days after the girl's arrival.
Wasn't one rescue enough?
Lydia is not a dog person--and this one is trouble! He is
mistrustful and slinky. He pees in the house, escapes into the woods, and barks
at things unseen. His new owners begin to guess about his unknown past.
Meanwhile, Lydia doesn't want to be difficult--and she does
not mean to keep secrets--but there are things she's not telling...
Like why the box of "paper stuff" she keeps under her bed is
so important...
And why that hole in the wall behind a poster in her room is
getting bigger...
And why something she took from the big yellow dog just
might be the key to unraveling his mysterious past--but at what cost?

* Junior Library Guild Selection *