Scent of the Missing

Scent of the Missing is by Susannah Charleson. An interesting memoir of a rescue dog handler and her dog. After the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah decides to work Search and Rescue. She begins to volunteer with a local team and finally becomes eligible for a dog of her own. In comes Puzzle, a blonde lab with an aptitude for search and rescue. Susannah already has a houseful of rescue animals, both canine and feline, and Puzzle must be trained to get along with the animals at home, as well as for her search and rescue jobs. The book walks through cases Susannah and her team were called in on, both with and without Puzzle. It also focuses on Puzzle's training and what it is really like to work Search and Rescue from both the human and dog perspective. Dog lovers will enjoy this one, as the dog doesn't die. An interesting look at a world we tend to glamorize and not appreciate for its danger and difficulty. 

Ratings: 10th grade - 7 out of 10 - AC (mature thematic content) - P (profanity).