Trevor Tower doesn't worry about being short until he is assigned dog-walking duty with Loyola Louden, the tallest person in his class. But the dogs are a wonderful distraction, and even before Trevor and Loyola vow to solve the mystery of a missing spotted dog, they are becoming good friends.

In this standalone prequel to the acclaimed novel The Spotted Dog Last Seen-a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing (2013)-Jessica Scott Kerrin gives readers another mystery to solve and a lost dog to find. But does the missing dog even exist?