From the Newbery Medal-winning author, a poignant story about two children, a poet and a dog, and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love

Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan explores the nature of loss, survival and recapturing love as the poet Sylvan's intelligent dog Teddy leads the trapped Nickel and Flora to safety, only to be forced to confront the abrupt absence of Sylvan as the three arrive at he and Sylvan's old cabin.