Hangabout: Far from Home

“With nothing to love, something inside him felt gone.” Hangabout, a puppy who has just grown into his long teardrop ears, believes. ​He believes everything is good. He believes what people tell him. He believes his keeper loves him. But when he is thrown into the outside world, Hangabout collides with a gang of hungry rats, a wily fox, a farmer with a BB gun, a kidnapper, and a lie. Everything he knows crumbles. Then, when Hangabout learns the truth about his keeper, he stops believing in anything. If Hangabout does not renew his belief that there is good in the world, he will lose the two things he loves most: the keeper he longs for and his only friend—a fact-citing, street-wise cat—named Bean. A story of homelessness, a friendship tried, and growing into oneself unfolds in this timeless journey. Middle Grade Orange Blossom Publishing, August 2023