Platero y Juan Ramon Book

I got this book for my favorite elementary school teacher because it sounded very me. I really liked me. The storyline is that it's about a girl, Charley, who is hurt in an accident. School is over and it's summer. Her mother died two (?) years ago and she hasn't really dealt with her grief. Her best friend went to camp for the entire summer with another girl. Her father tells her to get out and exercise her leg. She meets a halfwild dog and makes it her goal for the summer to tame him. She calls him Coyote. Her mother was a nature photographer. She hasn't been in the woods around their house since her mother's death because she spent all the time there with her mother. But in order to see Coyote she has to go to the places and trails. Slowly she connects with Coyote and in doing so feels more confident. I liked it a lot. It amused me she called her physical therapist a physical terrorist. There were some typos, not too many. The age range is about 4th-6th grade, I think.

I love the telepathy aspect. It is written as a way that makes sense in the world. By paying attention and listening Charley was able to hear Coyote when he was off in the woods. But it wasn't accurate and could be easily clouded by her own hopes.