However, starting at a conventional school is much harder than Amelia imagined, and her anxiety makes meeting new friends extra challenging.

So when her parents decide to spend a year in Colorado, Amelia's delighted by the chance to settle down. She's also desperate for the chance to attend a regular school and make real friends. She's terrified of heights and would give anything to be reading instead of careening down a mountain. There's just one problem-Amelia hates every minute of it. She and her brothers are homeschooled by their adventurous parents, and the family travels around the country in an RV, scaling mountains, rappelling down canyons, and skiing down double black diamond slopes. To some kids, Amelia's life sounds like the ultimate fantasy. But can Grace convince her skeptical family to get on board? Or will she and Bernard both end up out in the cold? Grace loves the idea of visiting patients with Bernard and bringing a smile to their faces during an otherwise tough time. But when a good friend lands in the hospital, Grace discovers that Bernard might have a special talent for making sick people feel better and that his calling might be as a certified therapy animal. Bernard is awful at playing fetch and walking on a leash - in fact, he's all around terrible at doing the things Grace dreamed of doing with a pet. But spending time with him is nothing like being with a dog. She names the pig Bernard and dutifully learns how to care for him. Grace tries to make the best of the situation. And instead of a dark, wet nose, there's a flat, pink nose instead. But the present that awaits her isn't soft and furry. Someone who'll make her new stepfather's house feel like home.Ĭhristmas morning, Grace springs out of bed hopeful that her dreams are about to come true.

Someone who won't disappear on her like her dad did. All she wants is someone to love - and to love her back. Twelve-year-old Grace is desperate for a puppy.

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