As a teenager has difficulty coping with his mother's remarriage, he finds and nurses back to health a German Shepherd, but keeps him a secret for fear that his stepfather would return him to his original owner.
Fourteen-year-old Chris is haunted by the death of his father and resentful of his stepfather Cal. He befriends a lost dog and names it Smoke, but tries to keep it a secret for fear Cal will take the dog away.
Written by Eric Sorensen <Eric_Sorensen@fc.mcps.k12.md.us>
Chris:
[Angrily to his mother and Cal when he realizes he has to give up Smoke]
You think that one dog is just as good as another just like one husband is just as good as another. See more »