From Barbara O'Connor, the author of the #1 New York Timesbestseller Wish, comes a bighearted story about the meaning of friendship, the joys and pains of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog.
Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate Di Camillo.Mavis Jeeter is fearless and bold, but she has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend.
Her flighty mother has uprooted them again to another new home and taken a job as a housekeeper for the Tully family.
Mavis wants this home to be permanentwhich means finding herself a best friend.Rose Tully is a worrier who feels like she doesnt quite fit in with the other girls in her neighborhood.
Her closest friend is Mr.
Duffy, but he hasnt been himself since his dog died.
Rose may have to break a few of her mothers many rules to help Mr.
Duffyand find someone who really understands her.Henry has run away from home, but he craves kindness and comfortand doesnt know where to look for them.When Mavis and Rose hatch a scheme to find Mr.
Duffy a new dog, their lives and Henrys intersectand they all come to find friendship in places they never expected.Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middlegrade titles:Wish How to Steal a Dog Greetings from Nowhere Beethoven in Paradise Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis On the Road to Mr.
Mineo's Halfway to Harmony Dream