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With that, Geela looked
far, far away ...

And then Caro saw it,
not the dog ...

- Caro's Quest -
preteen girl and ghost dog stories about Caro Carolina, 13,
whose two closest friends have just decided not to talk to her.
The stories are also about Geela Gribbs,
the grownup who comes to stay in the little cottage beside Caro's home.
Most, the stories are about a ghost dog.
CARO'S QUEST

But it's hard for Caro to think of Fluffers as a ghost.
She thinks of Fluffers as invisible - because that's what Fluffers is,
to her anyway. Totally invisible.
And as Caro finds out, Fluffers is dead. That would make Fluffers a ghost.
But no one ever talks of Fluffers as a ghost. Somehow that word doesn't fit.
So these preteen girl and ghost dog stories are about a dog that is a ghost dog,
but that no one talks about as a ghost dog.

There's more. Caro is asking herself questions about what is real.
She stopped believing in the tooth fairy long ago.
But what about Fluffers? Is Fluffers real?
How can one tell - especially if someone else sees Fluffers, but Caro can't?

In these preteen girl and ghost dog stories, Caro wonders a lot.
Like, is Geela nuts? And what about flaky Fran
who reads palms and is always acting as if she talks to spirits
the way other people talk on the phone.

Like many people asking questions, Caro can't get answers that make sense to her.
Not from anyone. The grownups around her have such definite - and totally different - opinions.
From the way they talk, you wouldn't believe they're living on the same planet.
God plans everything out. There is no god.
Spirits float around everywhere. All this stuff about ghosts and spirits is hogwash.

Hogwash? Caro imagines someone washing a hog, a great big smelly pig.
In her mind's eye, the hog snorts.

That doesn't give Caro any answers.

Caro Carolina looks for answers over and over.
She wishes everything was simple, the way it used to be
when she was sure the tooth fairy was real. But it isn't.

And then Fluffers comes to her in the night, leads her to a deserted stretch of road,
and disappears at the edge of a ditch. In the ditch, Caro finds Jake, a schoolmate.
A car hit him hard.. The driver didn't stop.

How did Fluffers know? How could Fluffers reach her?

And how can Doug see Fluffers - Doug, the quiet kid Caro Carolina has never even noticed,
but who has been in her school since the first grade. That's something else
these preteen girl and ghost dog stories are about.
Friendship - figuring out who can be a friend.
For Caro, this is the first time she's been friends with a boy.
So this is also a girl boy story.

Who is a friend? How do we get the help we need?
What is real? Most of us keep asking those questions.

- Caro's Quest -
preteen girl and ghost dog stories for all ages

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