by Kate Messner (Author)
Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to a Maryland plantation during the days of American slavery, where he meets a young girl named Sarah. When she learns that the owner has plans to sell her little brother, Jesse, to a plantation in the Deep South, it means they could be separated forever. Sarah takes their future into her own hands and decides there's only one way to run -- north.
Author Biography
Kate Messner is the author of "All the Answers"; "The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.," winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; "Capture the Flag," an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner; "Hide and Seek"; "Manhunt"; and the Ranger in Time and Marty McGuire chapter book series. A former middle-school English teacher, Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and loves reading, walking in the woods, and traveling. Visit her online at www.katemessner.com.