
By Laurie Elmquist, David Parkins (Illustrator)
Part of the Orca Echoes series
A boy searches for his lost frog and discovers unexpected friendships.
Reece Hansen's world is upside down. His dad's gone, fighting fires in another city, and now his pet frog, Burgess, is missing. Posters around the neighborhood yield no results, but an eccentric classmate in a bathrobe offers a distraction. As Reece navigates these changes, a camping trip with his mom and a new friendship reveal that families can adapt and friends come in surprising forms. Will Reece find Burgess, or is there more to discover beyond the search?
Reece Hansen is missing two things: his father and his frog. His parents are newly separated, and his dad is now living in another city, fighting forest fires. Reece struggles to get used to daily life without him. When he loses his pet frog, Burgess, Reece puts posters up around the neighborhood. But frogs are difficult to find. It takes an unusual classmate, the boy who wears a bathrobe to school, to pull Reece’s attention away from Burgess. Through his new friend and a camping trip with his mom, Reece learns that friends can come in human form and that families are resilient even when things change.
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