All orphan Avery wants is a dog of her own…

…but her strict stand-in-mom Aunt Laurel absolutely forbids it with ridiculous excuse (dogs drool) after ridiculous excuse (dogs shed). Everything changes the summer before sixth grade when Avery and Aunt Laurel travel to Beaver Island, Lake Michigan—a place Avery’s only heard about in her aunt’s old nursery rhyme. The poem warns of mysterious Scorned Sliders who travel from a different dimension to wreak havoc on the island’s dogs.

But that’s just a silly story. Right?

When Avery finds a scruffy terrier hurt and abandoned at the island’s lighthouse, she must decide: Should she break Aunt Laurel’s rules and save the canine species? Or is she doomed to a life as a dogless orphan?

Published by: Chicken Scratch Books

Cover Illustration: Eric Castleman