A boy without a dog and a dog without an owner find each other in this
powerfully moving story of loneliness and redemption.
Day after day, Cody watches Bones roam the streets. No one else thinks
the old stray is special, but Cody does. He knows the dog is alone now.
He watched them tear down the blue house where Bones used to live with
an old man. Cody knows how it feels to lose someone too.
Slowly--cautiously--Cody opens his home and his heart to the scruffy dog
with one blue eye and one brown.
Inspired by the true story reported in the New York Times about a
homeless dog in a suburban New York neighborhood, Deborah Blumenthal
tells an affecting story of coming to terms with loss and learning to
love again.
Adam Gustavson's full-color illustrations highlight the emerging
relationship between a lonely boy and the dispirited dog who captures
his attention, and finally, his heart.