Luke Houser, an animal-loving, affable, self-conscious 15 year old isn't so sure about the tiny community in Montana his dad and stepmom have moved them to. There is no Internet or cellular phone service so he can't email his friends back in North Dakota. And yet, for Luke and his dad its the perfect place to raise and train their Alaskan husky sled dogs. Luke shares his relationships with each dog and eventually has to face some extremely grown-up decisions regarding a medical issue for one of them. It helps that his stepmom, Jackie is a veterinarian. Luke enjoys hanging out and assisting at...

Luke Houser sometimes thinks he just wants to be a normal fifteen year-old. He knows that running sled dogs with his father and having an enormous crimson dragon named Tabitha for a friend make that challenging. Tabitha has some surprises for Luke when she announces her upcoming plans for him. Plans he isn't so sure he wants to be a part of. Luke and his stepmother, Jackie continue to try to keep Tabitha's existence a secret from Luke's father and all of his classmates but it becomes difficult as the winter progresses in the tiny community of Missing Lake. Luke must try to find some sort of...