A moving novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a
way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other
along the way. From the Newbery Honor Award-winning author of Iveliz
Explains It All.
"Trust me: this book will touch your heart." --Barbara O'Connor, New
York Times bestselling author of Wish
Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack,
but it's not like I brought a bunch of stuff.
How do you prepare for the unpreparable?
How do you fit your whole life in one bag?
And how am I supposed to trust social services
when they won't trust me back?
Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she
will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to
make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's
house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space.
So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the
puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her
parents. Maybe the dog will help them get better and things will finally
go back to the way they should be.
After all, how do you explain to others that you're technically a foster
kid, even though you live with your aunt? And most importantly . . . how
do you explain that you're not where you belong, and you just want to
go home?
