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“I think there’s one more!” the booming voice shouted back.
The gloved hand reappeared, and the yellow pup staggered toward it. Her vision grew hazy. Then, just above her, she heard a loud crack. Something split. A dark shape dropped down into the den behind her and glowing embers rained all around, lighting up the darkness even more and singeing the tiny dog’s fur.
The pup yelped.
The hand disappeared.
And everything went black.
Jane B. Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens are co-authors of several middle-grade novels, including the A Dog and His Girl Mysteries series and the Candy Apple titles The Sister Switch and Snowfall Surprise. As Sarah Jane they wrote the critically acclaimed Maiden Voyage: A Titanic Story. Ember, Dusty, and Jet are the first three books in their Rescue Dogs series.
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