Buddy's Tail - Softcover

Russell, K. Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456411950 ISBN 13: 9781456411954

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

Buddy Boutonniere, a big-hearted Standard Poodle, subsists in the bare backyard of a tract home in the desert city of Yucca Dunes. MacKenzie, a Border Collie, and Javier, a Chihuahua, provide Buddy with scraps when his neglectful owners forget. When Buddy's owners decide to move, Buddy meets a wonderful lady who visits his house with prospective buyers. The poodle's humans try to sell him and Buddy goes through a series of unsuitable situations. The final family returns Buddy not realizing his owners are out of town. His only lifeline, MacKenzie, is killed by an evil Hummer driver. Javier tries to support Buddy with the aid of Dumb Derek, a brain-damaged Rottweiler. The two are unable to help. Buddy dies, but is brought back to life by Sonny, the Good Shepherd. Sonny grants Buddy's wish to live with the lady, in return for his promise to go with Sonny when he comes back for him. Buddy has a happy life with the lady and her dog, Skootch. Together they rescue abandoned Leroy and abused Roxanne. Years later, during Skootch's fifteenth birthday party, Sonny comes for Buddy. Sonny takes Buddy to Haven, canine paradise, where he is reunited with MacKenzie. Sonny explains the rules; dogs acquire free will and give up caring for humans. Their only responsibility is to help guide other dogs to Haven. Buddy excels at guiding, but on a mission to bring back a bomb dog from Afghanistan, Buddy helps a human, the dog's Marine partner. The residents of Haven are furious and Buddy is exiled to the perimeter of paradise. There he meets a girl who has died of cancer and befriends her, another infraction. He is dragged before the communal tribunal, where MacKenzie defends him. With the help of the marine and the girl, she convinces the judges that Buddy is not an offender, but a hero.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

This book is dedicated with admiration and pride to the United States Marine Corps Military Working Dogs and their handlers at MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, California, whose efforts were an inspiration to me while writing this book, and to my beloved Buddy, because I know you will come for me.

About the Author

K. Anne Russell is the children's fiction debut pen name for Katharine A. Russell, the author of DEED SO, a coming-of-age novel set in 1962. Russell also writes the Pointer Mystery Series under Kath Russell, featuring Skootch, the short-haired pointer.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1456411950
• ISBN 13: 9781456411954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178