Joan Hiatt Harlow

It's 1912 and a statute has been passed outlawing all non-shepherding dogs in Bonnie Bay, Newfoundland. But when a storm strikes the coast and founders a steamer offshore, 12-year-old Maggie knows that her dog, Sirius, can save the people on the ship. How she makes the the decision to bring Sirius out of hiding is the heart of this exciting adventure based upon true accounts.

Boston, 1919. It's been a terrible year for thirteen-year-old Joshua Harper. The influenza pandemic that's sweeping the world has claimed his father's life; his voice has changed, so he can't sing in the Boston Boys' Choir anymore; and now money is tight, so he must quit school to get a job. It's not fair!

Joshua begins working as a newspaper boy, hawking papers on the street, but he soon finds himself competing with Charlestown Charlie, a tough, streetwise boy who does not make things easier show more for Joshua. It seems that fitting in is not as easy as it once was. Then disaster strikes the city of Boston. Joshua must do what he can to help, and in doing so he finds the place -- and the voice -- that he thought he'd lost. show less

It's 1912 and a statute has been passed outlawing all non-shepherding dogs in Bonnie Bay, Newfoundland. But when a storm strikes the coast and founders a steamer offshore, 12-year-old Maggie knows that her dog, Sirius, can save the people on the ship. How she makes the the decision to bring Sirius out of hiding is the heart of this exciting adventure based upon true accounts.

Boston, 1919. It's been a terrible year for thirteen-year-old Joshua Harper. The influenza pandemic that's sweeping the world has claimed his father's life; his voice has changed, so he can't sing in the Boston Boys' Choir anymore; and now money is tight, so he must quit school to get a job. It's not fair!

Joshua begins working as a newspaper boy, hawking papers on the street, but he soon finds himself competing with Charlestown Charlie, a tough, streetwise boy who does not make things easier show more for Joshua. It seems that fitting in is not as easy as it once was. Then disaster strikes the city of Boston. Joshua must do what he can to help, and in doing so he finds the place -- and the voice -- that he thought he'd lost. show less