Listen to author Rob Buyea talk about his name.You can click the player below or experience the recording on TeachingBooks, where you can read along as you listen, and also translate the text to another language. Listen to Rob Buyea talking with TeachingBooks about creating What Comes Next. Read a longer excerpt from What Comes Next, by Rob Buyea. When you own a dog, you end up with lots of incredible tales to tell, but none are quite like the one I’ve got for you now-not even Old Yeller or Where the Red Fern Grows. Terupt and Perfect Score series comes this stand-alone middle-grade novel about a girl who is dealing with tragic loss and grief, and the dog that helps her forge find happiness once again. As she bonds with Jack-Jack, and as the dog’s mischievous ways steer her toward someone she can confide in, Thea opens up to the possibility of new friendships and forgiveness, and comes to believe in what cannot be fully explained. This doesn’t change Thea’s mind, though, until Jack-Jack bounds into her life and makes it clear that he is no ordinary dog. Her two younger sisters, however, are excited about moving, especially after their dad promises that the family will get a rescue puppy. She lost her best friend, Charlie, in a tragic accident, and in the painful aftermath, she has gone mute. Twelve-year-old Thea and her family are moving to a new town for a fresh start. Published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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