Description
“Tense, heartwarming, and masterful.”—Kirkus Reviews
He''s a rescue, a mutt. Maybe there''s a little golden retriever in him, although he''s not exactly pretty. He''s had a run-in with coyotes and he''s missing an eye. But Mike is eleven-year-old Cara Donovan''s dog, and they love each other absolutely. Usually her pet follows Cara everywhere, but on the day the family first smells smoke in the air, Mike becomes anxious. Pine Grove is in the path of a wildfire, and the family is ordered to evacuate. In the ensuing chaos, Mike panics and runs off. And then the unthinkable happens; there is no time to search for Mike. They are forced to leave him behind.
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. Once i
