Artie's Bark

<p><strong>There's a difference between curses and hauntings.</strong></p><p>Curses can be broken.</p><p>Brighton Falls is like any other safe ho-hum town in America with a bad baseball team clean sidewalks and nosy neighbors. That all changes however when a pet is brutally killed and other animals begin to go missing one by one. </p><p>Then Artie the dog of middle-schooler Tommy Watson suddenly falls gravely ill. Tommy's search to help his beloved animal friend unravels an evil small-town secret that goes back centuries and binds everyone together. </p><p>Neighborhood savior Carl Crocker pledges to bring the guilty party to justice. But what does  the despised recluse Old Man Rooney know about Crocker that no one else does?</p><p>With a community on edge and time running out it's up to Tommy-and his dog-to finally put to rest what no one else can ... and make the hardest decision of his life. It will test both his courage and love. </p><p>Jason Savio's first novel blends horror with heart into a coming-of-age story that shows how far people will go to prevent the inevitable the ways we deal with grief and the importance of friendship when all seems lost. </p>