Whippoorwill

Written by Joseph Monninger

A girl dreams beyond her town but a chained dog and a neighbor change everything.

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288 pages· 820L

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Clair Taylor, a sixteen-year-old dreaming of escape from her rural town, finds her plans disrupted by a chained dog named Wally next door. Determined to save him, Clair forms an unexpected bond with both the dog and Danny Stewart, the intriguing boy next door. As she navigates these new connections, Clair must confront her own desires and the reality of her surroundings. Will she find the courage to change her path, or will her ties to Wally and Danny redefine her future?

From the publisher

“Unexpected, generous, and poignant.” –Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of What I Thought Was True Sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor has neighbors who are what locals call whippoorwills, the kind of people who fill their yards with rusty junk. Clair tries to ignore her surroundings, choosing instead to dream of a future beyond her rural New Hampshire town. But, when a black dog named Wally is chained up to a pole next door, Clair can’t look the other way. Clair decides to save Wally, and the immediate connection she has with the lovable dog catches her off-guard, but even more surprising is her bond with eighteen-year-old Danny Stewart, the boy next door.

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