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I recommend this book. Most readers who like books that have a lot going on would like this book. But I only told you part of it.

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I relate to Tio because my mom has a student named Cariegh and she needed us like Tony needs Tio.

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Tony finally knows there are people he CAN trust no matter what.

TONY CAN TRUST AGAIN!

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In fact, Tio tells Tony he wants to raise him.

To adopt him. To be his FOREVER FAMILY.

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Tio is mad, but it's because he was so worried. He really loves Tony.

Tio is calm and patient, and Tony finally believes that Tio loves him no matter what.

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Tony spends a long night in the woods.

Eventually Gabe finds him

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Tony knows better, and Tio will be FURIOUS.

Tony gets very lost. He knows the smartest thing to do is just stay in one place and wait for Rangers to find him.

It's very dark. This is BAD. Tio will send him away now, for sure.

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Soon it's hunting season and the wood are full of dangerous shooting.

Gabe and Tio have to go rescue a lost hunter, and Tio tells Tony to stay at the Ranger Station where it is safe.

But Tony is terrified he will lose another family, so he disobeys and goes to find them.

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One day Tony opens up and tells Tio how he feels.

Tio says Tony has to let the anger go if he's ever going to trust again.

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Tony gets more and more angry at his mom.

He wonders if Tio could keep him forever.

But Tio's cabin is small, and Tony thinks, "How long will it be before he sends me away?"

Gabe feels Tony's loneliness and stays by his side.

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He thinks, "As long as we are together, I am safe." (p. 113). Is he trusting them?

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By now, Tony has been helping rescue people for a while. He thinks of Gabe and Tio as Family

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Tony can't trust his mom, but Gabe and Tio help him trust a little again.

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Tony worries all the time that he can't trust this new life, and that he will lose Tio and Gabe.

Gabe feels his sadness.

Tio does too, but Tony can't talk to him yet.

So they just spend lots of time together training the dogs and teaching Tony how to be a SAR Ranger.

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But Tony is still afraid his mean mom will get out of prison and make him go back to his old, violent and scary life

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Tony wonders if maybe Tio
ever really could love him like a son.

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Tio does scold Tony, but he calls him "mijo," my son.

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But Tony disobeys and goes off to look for Gabe and Tio. He knows Tio will be angry. He says Tio will send him away.

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One time Tio has to go on a search and he tells Tony to stay home.

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Tony thinks that if his OWN MOM doesn't care about him, no one else ever will either.

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When he gets there, she doesn't even come see him!  She tells the guard she'd rather stay and watch a movie instead.

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Tony still has nightmares. Plus, he's also very afraid to go visit his mom in prison

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Tony starts to help Tio train SAR (search and resuce) dogs every day.

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Gabe makes Tony feel safer, but Tony still can't trust anyone.

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Tony has bad nightmares from the scary fights and bad people.

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Tony's life was very hard with his mom. She made him help with dog fights and selling drugs.

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Gabe loves Tony right away.

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Tony gets sent to live with his uncle, Tio, a forest ranger. Tio uses dogs to rescue people.
He has a chocolate lab named Gabe

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Tony is a 12 year old Mexican boy.

His mother was sent to prison for dog fighting and selling drugs.

Now, Tony has no idea where he will live.

He says, "I have no friends, no hope" (p. 3)