This is a story about a puppy rescue, led by a trio of 11-year-olds, with Olivia Thomas at its heart. Olivia longs for a dog of her own and must prove to her reluctant parents that she is responsible enough. Fate intervenes when an abandoned dog delivers a litter of puppies inside the forest, in her rural North Carolina home. Olivia will need to find a way to focus and persuade a lot of volunteers to help find and rescue Mama Dog’s puppies before it’s too late. Will she succeed? Even if she does, will her parents believe that she’s ready to take care of a puppy?