Tango

Hook:

"Miss Gustie, a prolific knitter, used her deft fingers to untangle the chilled, wet body from the trap's webbing. 'It's a pup... 'He's alive,' Miss Gustie told the onlookers, who stood in reverent silence behind her. 'He's alive,' Pircilla, the postmistress, repeated. 'It's a miracle!' Pastor MacDougal pronounced." (page 21)

"One fitful night, Tango dreamed that his sister Esperanza was gazing out of a window near the top of a red and white striped lighthouse. Tan-go... Tan-go... Esperanza called in a voice both mysterious and inviting. Keeping time with the blinking beam of light, she chanted, Without hope... without hope... nothing is... nothing is." (pages 75 and 76)

"No, Tango would be mercilessly slaughtered. 'If Rat-Boy wants his heart back, he has no choice.' Briar smirked. 'Where, exactly, is this supposedly fair fight going to take place?" (page 190)

Recommendation:
Tango is a shipwrecked Yorkshire Terrier. Found in a lobster trap on an island called Victoria By The Sea, Tango is taken in by a lonely woman named Augusta. Separated from his true family the only way to get back to them is... the heart. His I.D. Tag! Who has this you ask? A gang of rag-tag Wharf cats! The only way Tango can get his heart back is if he wins a duel. With whom? You have to find out. Will Tango be reunited with the family he loves? Or will he be trapped on this island with these strangers? Read Tango and find out!

Book by:  Eileen Beha
Blog by: Madison H.
Genre: Fiction