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  Synopsis In the snow-covered Colorado mountains, it's coming on Christmas. But eleven-year-old Dessa Dean has just about given up on ever being happy again. Her hardworking father can't possibly fill the huge hole in her heart that her mother's tragic death has left. Mama was her teacher, protector, confidant, and closest friend. But then, when hope has just about run out, a dog - huge and fudge-colored from head to toe - bounds into Dessa Dean's life, changing it forever. Excerpt I stayed put for another minute, and then I scootched forward, a bare two or three inches. The dog opened one eye and blinked at me and then closed it. I scootched again. This time she opened both eyes and lifted her head. I looked down at the porch. "It's okay, dog. I won't hurt you. I want to be friends." She stretched her nose out toward me, and it went crazy, sniffing quick and loud. Slowly, slowly, I moved my hand closer to her. Oh! That big brown nose was cold as ice and nice and wet. And her saggy jowls that brushed against my hand as she sniffed it all over, they were velvety soft. Her tail thumped, and she laid her head back on her front paws, and when I took my next scootch, she didn't move a whit.
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