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Dog Overboard! Finding a lost, injured dog on a remote island throws Jeff's summer into a chaos of challenges. Where did this magnificent Doberman come from--and why is no one looking for him? Jeff could not find the answers, but the answers eventually found him in a way he could never have imagined. The results challenge his perspective and force him to face tough choices in a way that most twelve-year-olds never encounter. Set in the summertime paradise of northeastern Michigan, in the author's hometown of Hessel, adults and children alike will enjoy this heartwarming story of a young boy and the dog he yearns to call his own. Don't miss the sequel, Shadows: a Scout story, also available on Amazon.

Not many people get a dream dog in real-life, but who knew that keeping him would be so hard? Jeff and Scout won each other's hearts a few months ago. Now trouble has found them. When your well-trained dog starts acting like a thug...how do you fix it before your parents have had enough? Challenges double when the pair stumbles on an old farm that seems to have been abandoned, untouched, more than half a century before. Jeff and his whole family begin a quest to learn the odd history of the farm. Through a beautiful autumn in northern Michigan, Jeff works to find the key to two riddles. Little does he know that both answers will be found through his much-loved dog. Sequel to Scout: the Secret at Les Cheneaux.