Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.

Hank the Cowdog uses all of his sleuthing skills as head of ranch security when a major theft occurs on the ranch and Miss Beulah is kidnapped.

Hank the Cowdog's adventures include being trapped in a runaway pickup truck and discovering a family of trespassing stray cats in a haystack.

"Rylant's tale reinforces a reassuring message about simple activities and loving families...pleasing sound effects and soothing background music...Beginning readers will surely enjoy..." - Booklist

Lara, or GM451 as she is known by the government, is a highly trained special agent, bred by the British Secret Service for use on dangerous missions around the world. But her last mission went wrong, and now she is being hunted down by an evil drug baron, Mr. Big. Lara must go undercover as a normal dog, chose a family to look after her and await her retrieval by the Secret Service. Can she keep her true identity a secret? Can she thwart the plans...