. . . . . . . . "Sixteen-year-old Colby is barely hanging on with her mother dead, her long-haul trucker father often away, her almost-girlfriend dumping her for a boy, and her failing grades, when a stray dog appears and helps her find hope." . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Juvenile works" . . "Starting from here" . . . "LGBTQ YA" . . . . . .