Judy Cole

Beaten and abandoned, when urban pup Grrracie finds herself dumped on the shoulder of a highway in the dead of night, she is totally alone.

Told in first-canine, Grrracie chronicles her harrowing journey on the run, searching for food, water and someplace to call home.

Exhausted and starving, she nearly gives up, but instead, winds up incarcerated in a dreary animal shelter, where she’s terrorized by a singing, dancing street mutt named Alpha (think James Cagney Yankee Doodling his way through “Public Enemy, the Musical”). But eventually, Grrracie gets her happy ending... with a home and a forever family that loves her.

A perfect book for parents to read to younger kids, or older kids to read themselves, Grrracie! is based on a true story (except for the singing dog part).

In honor of stray dogs—and cats!—and the people who adopt them, a portion of all proceeds from the sale of this book will be "dog-earmarked" for contribution to animal charities.