In 1944 Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back.

Alfie Wolfe thinks his twin sister is the biggest pain in the world and they are constantly getting into fights, until he observes how patiently the German shepherd Crosby at the Hound Hotel behaves with his super annoying little "brother" puppy, Bruno.

"On a sunny autumn day, brother and sister James and Mandy head to the pumpkin patch with their friendly dog, Rosco, to choose a pumpkin for Halloween. While riding a hay wagon, visiting a petting zoo, and joining the kids on a scavenger hunt, Rosco sometimes makes mischief. But when James and Mandy find that two bullies are scaring other kids deep inside the corn maze, will Rosco shape up and help out?"--

When her grandmother and guardian suffers a stroke, twelve-year-old Poppy Parker's life turns upside down--but when she witnesses a murder and has to go into witness protection with Detective Brannigan's mother it becomes hard to believe she will ever find a way home, let alone save Gunner, a beautiful German shepherd with an uncertain future.