There he was, Gus Oliver, searching for a stray dog in a snowstorm at four o'clock in the morning. If it hadn't been for his sister, Serena, who could get Gus to do anything, he'd be at home and warm under the army blanket in the blue room...But which, Gus wondered, was worse? The lonely darkness and the howls of that unlikable dog, or the blue room itself, crowded with nightmares, where he was supposed to sleep until Great-Aunt Hattie's mysterious visit was over? And there he was, stuck in the middle of his large family, feeling locked behind a face that didn't smile and didn't frown, and hadn't for a long time before Serena and his great-aunt got him into this mess.

 

There are 92 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Front Street Inc .

Paula Fox was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her body of work. Two of her best-known books are "The Slave Dancer" (a Newbery Medal winner) and "One-Eyed Cat" (a Newbery Honor Book). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.