Stella is a
working dog. She has been trained to
sniff out explosives with her beagle nose.
But she missed a smell one day, and there was a huge explosion that
killed her handler, Connie, and left Stella with some PTSD/anxiety, and she was
retired. But finding a new home has been
challenging. Minutes after her third
return to the shelter, they decided she wouldn’t ever find a home and decided
to put her down. Lucky for Stella, a
lady shows up and knew Connie and takes Stella back to her farm to be retrained
to do something else. But once the lady's
daughter, Chloe, sees Stella, she knows that Stella is the dog for her. What they didn’t know, and Stella had to work
hard to prove, was what her new job should be.
This is a
heartwarming book about second chances.
The people need to give Stella a second chance, and Stella needs to come
to terms with what happened and give herself a second chance. The book is told from the perspective of
Stella and how she desperately wants to be a good dog. Hearing things from
Stella’s perspective is so awesome, like the time she first sniffs Chloe. I really liked this book, and it would be
good for anyone who loves to learn about working dogs, and just a really good
story. The book has some action and
suspense and will be good for any middle-grade reader, even reluctant
ones. PS: Stella does not die in this
book.
