* Your students will enjoy this wonderful story of loss and longing, of loneliness and friendships and a story of finding contentment and a place for oneself.
* This is a story in which a ten-year-old girl must face the abandonment of her mother, and find the answer to the question Will she ever come back?
* The answer, surprisingly, is 'No!
* ', but India Opal Buloni, over the course of the novel, learns to deal with this answer through her experiences and support of a growing circle of friends, all of whom have also suffered some kind of loss themselves.
* And finally, it is the story of the love between a girl and her dog, a pet that has an uncanny ability to bring kindred spirits together.
* Author: David McAleese
* ISBN13: 978-1-55319-325-8
* Grades - 3, 4
* Reading Level: 3-4
* Total Page: 55
* Overheads: 3