Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.
Content Note
The Art of Knowing -- The green book -- Enzo -- Bryant Hardware -- Meerkat, come to me -- Dogs! Please help yourselves! -- The bakery -- Shoelaces -- Pretending to be asleep -- Up and at 'em -- Unfairness -- Reading very slowly -- Something needs to be said -- Is it better to know? -- A life of fear -- The time has come -- The unhappy words -- Time to take action -- Home again, and quickly -- The Dark Lady -- A mask of their own -- Being afraid -- The Quang Restaurant.