This tender, sweet, and hilarious novel about growing up with a loving family and a perfectly rambunctious dog. When she was eight, Binny's life was perfect: She had her father's wonderful stories and Max, the best dog ever. But after her father's sudden death, money is tight, and horrible Aunty Violet decides to give Max away-he is just too big for their cramped new life. Binny knows she can't get her dad back, but she never stops missing Max, or...

The lives of two sets of best friends, Kate and Ruby in England and Erik and Hans in Germany, as well as a stray dog in London are brought together in unexpected ways during World War II.

"When a mysterious bag is left on Lulu's doorstep, the last thing her grandmother expects to be in it is a cat--a huge, neon orange cat. But Lulu knows this cat doesn't mean any harm and in fact it needs a lovely new home"--