When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
year: 2013, 2014
call number/section: 1000
subjects: rescue dogs, dogs, human-animal relationships, great-uncles, foster home care, sierra nevada (calif. and nev.), fiction, fiction, human-animal relationship, juvenile fiction, hispanic americans, latinos (u.s.), novels in verse, pets, animals, juvenile fiction
Editions
Engle, Margarita
Henry Holt and Co. (2013)
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Schools: 19
Engle, Margarita
Square Fish/Henry Holt and Co. (2014)
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Schools: 6
Engle, Margarita
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Schools: 9